''LAstronomie'' () is a monthly

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published by the

Société astronomique de France The Société astronomique de France (SAF; ), the French astronomical society, is a non-profit association in the public interest organized under French law ( Association loi de 1901). Founded by astronomer Camille Flammarion in 1887, its purpose ...

(SAF). Sylvain Bouley, the president of SAF, is the publication director and astronomer Fabrice Mottez is the

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History

The magazine was established by

Camille Flammarion Nicolas Camille Flammarion FRAS (; 26 February 1842 – 3 June 1925) was a French astronomer and author. He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science ficti ...

and the first issue, dated 1882, was published on January 1, 1883. After SAF was founded in 1887, a second journal was created, called the ''Bulletin mensuel de la Société Astronomique de France''. The two publications existed in parallel up to 1894. In the December 1894 issue, Flammarion announced in an editorial that ''LAstronomie'' would cease to exist. From January 1895 to December 1910, only the ''Bulletin de la Société Astronomique de France'' was published. Starting from 1912, the ''Bulletin'' was renamed ''LAstronomie'', while preserving the volume numbering of the ''Bulletin''. L'Astronomie magazine, first issue, 1882

L'Astronomie magazine, first issue, 1882

Distribution

The magazine is available by subscription both in France and internationally in hard copy and digital formats. It is also sold in newspaper kiosks and magazine stands in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Morocco. Electronic versions of ''L'Astronomie'' and ''Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France'' from 1882 to 1945 are available from the

Bibliothèque nationale de France The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository ...

's Gallica website.

References

External links

''L'Astronomie''
official website
''L'Astronomie, revue mensuelle d'astronomie populaire''
(1882-1894) on Gallica
''Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France''
(1887–1910) on Gallica
''L'Astronomie : revue mensuelle d'astronomie, de météorologie et de physique du globe et bulletin de la Société astronomique de France''
(1911-1945) on Gallica *

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 ...

(ADS) provides scanned articles of ''Bulletin de la Société astronomique de France'' and ''L'Astronomie'' (1882–1988), and abstracts or citations (1989-present) usin
publication code LAstr
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