Night Sky Observer Launches "Photon" Astronomy Online Magazine

Photon is a bi-monthly PDF astronomy ezine which aims to fill the gap left by the regular printed magazines. Written by amateur astronomers for amateur astronomers, it focuses on topics that relate directly to amateur astronomy rather than more esoteric, armchair-type subjects or other non-practical-related topics.

(PRWEB) May 13, 2005 -- Night Sky Observer (http://www.nightskyobserver.com) announces the launch of "Photon", a bi-monthly astronomy magazine which is designed to fill the gap left by regular printed magazines.

The magazine is issued in PDF format and is written by amateur astronomers for amateur astronomers, focusing on topics that relate directly to amateur astronomy rather than more esoteric, armchair-type subjects or other non-practical-related topics. Such topics are well served by mainstream publications. The magazine is designed to have an international flavor.

The layout has been designed so that one page at a time fits on the monitor. Articles have embedded hotlinks to facilitate jumping to relevant associated websites, to supplu background information and to provide online definitions for unfamiliar terms.

Readers will be familiar with some of the authors from the astronomy community who have contributed to ezine. To learn more about Photon, visit the Photon website at http://www.photonezine.com

About Night Sky Observer

Night Sky Observer (http://www.nightskyobserver.com) has had a web presence since 1997, providing astronomy and space news and resource information in that time and is one of the most popular sites of its genre. It is also the home of the highly acclaimed LunarPhase Pro (http://www.lunarphasepro.com) and Jupsat Pro (http://www.jupsatpro.com) astronomy software packages.

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