The ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' is a peer-reviewed

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. As of 2021, the journal is published four times per year. It is logged through the

Astrophysics Data System The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS) is an online database of over 16 million astronomy and physics papers from both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources. Abstracts are available free online for almost all articles, and full scanned ...

. It publishes research papers, reviews, short communications,

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reports, and

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s on all aspects of astronomical history. The

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is Wayne Orchiston (National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand). As of 2021 the associate editors are Clifford Cunningham, Duane Hamacher, James Lequeux, and Peter Robertson, and Ruby-Anne Dela Cruz is the Papers Editor. It was established in 1998 by John Luis Perdrix, after the '' Australian Journal of Astronomy'' was discontinued. Until 2005, it was published by Astral Press, a publishing house founded and owned by Perdrix. From 2005 to 2012 it was published by the Centre for Astronomy ( James Cook University). Since 2013, the publishing institute is the

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. All papers are now published electronically and all papers from 1998 to the present can be accessed through the journal's website.

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* History of astronomy journals Triannual journals James Cook University English-language journals Publications with year of establishment missing Academic journals published by non-profit organizations Publications established in 1998 {{Sci-hist-journal-stub