《天文臺雜志》是一本獨立的期刊，由其編輯擁有和管理（盡管發表的文章中表達的觀點不一定由他們共享）。因此，編輯可以自由地接受天文學家普遍感興趣的資料，這些資料可能很難在大多數其他期刊的限制范圍內容納。

The Observatory Magazine is an independent journal, owned and managed by its Editors (although the views expressed in published contributions are not necessarily shared by them). The Editors are therefore free to accept, at their discretion, material of general interest to astronomers which might be difficult to accommodate within the more restricted remit of most other journals.