Introduction
The Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (MNASSA) is the official journal of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa (ASSA) and publishes material of interest to professional and amateur astronomers.
Research papers are subjected to peer review before publication. MNASSA is indexed in A&A Abstracts and therefore the articles at any level should be of a high standard.
The latest edition, and archival copies, can be found on the MNASSA website.
Contributions to MNASSA can be divided into the following:
- reader’s letters
- ASSA news (Society-related material; news from Council; activities of members, etc.)
- news notes (local and international news of interest to astronomers)
- research papers (original research papers on all branches of astronomy and astrophysics papers are sent to referees before publication)
- general contributions (typically longer and more detailed than news notes, these contributions are less formal than research papers; these include historical articles, biographies, obituaries, travel accounts, observing reports, instrumentation development papers and progress reports on ongoing research)
- reviews
- the observer’s page (accounts of the activities of the various observing sections within the Society).
There are no page charges, but it is important for papers to be concise.
MNASSA Table of contents
Volumes 1–15 (Condensed) of MNASSA, volumes 16–62 of MNASSA, all volumes of JASSA, and the Proceedings of the 2nd ASSA Symposium were indexed and compiled as a chronological table of contents (1923-2001). NASA’s Astrophysics Data System (ADS) started in 2002 December to archive full-text scans of each issue of MNASSA in its digital library.
Guidelines for MNASSA submissions
Editorial address
- E-mail: mnassa
saao.ac.za - Website: www.mnassa.org.za
Contributions
Send contributions to MNASSA@saao.ac.za
Deadlines
- For the February edition: 1 January
- For the April edition: 1 March
- For the June edition: 1 May
- For the August edition: 1 July
- For the October edition: 1 September
- For the December edition: 1 November
Editorial Board
- Case Rijsdijk (Editor, MNASSA)
- Auke Slotegraaf (Editor, Sky Guide)
- Dr Ian Glass (Assistant Editor, MNASSA & Sky Guide)
- Maciej Soltynski (Book Review Editor)
- Willie Koorts (Layout Editor)
- John Gill (Webmaster)
- Christian Hettlage (Web Manager)
MNASSA Editorial Board (1969 to present day)
- Ian S Glass (1984 - present)
- Willie P Koorts (2006 – present)
- Case Rijsdijk (2011 – present)
- L Labuschagne (2015)
- Maciej G Soltynski (2000 – 2020)
- Auke Slotegraaf (1994 – 2005)
- Joseph Churms (1990 – 1993)
- Brian Warner (1986 – 2023)
- Michael William Feast (1986 – 2019)
- W Ludwig Combrinck (1985 – 1989)
- J H Spencer Jones (1982 – 1989)
- Peter Anthony Thornton Wild (1980 – 1985)
- David L Block (1979 – 1981)
- Daniel Michiel Overbeek (1976 – 2002)
- Richard Hugh Stoy (1976 – 1985)
- David Stanley Evans (1976 – 1985)
- Andrew David Thackeray (1976 – 1978)
- Rupert F Hurly (1972 – 1975)
- Anthony P Fairall (1972 – 1973)
- Peter Anthony Thornton Wild (1972 – 1977)
- Hendrik Cornelis Lagerwey (1969 – 1971)
- Joseph Churms (1969 – 1984)