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Guidelines for Contributions to UNIVERSE

Any member may submit articles and images for potential inclusion in UNIVERSE. 

The publication of any article or image is at the discretion of the Editor (or the Editing Team) and may be edited, split into serial sections, or summarised. Major changes will be referred back to the author before publication.  

Submissions should be emailed to the address that appears in UNIVERSE magazine. 

Authorship

  • Articles should be the author's own work, written in the author's own words.
  • Quotes from other sources should be acknowledged in the main body of the work.
  • General information sources should also be acknowledged, preferably in a list of References at the end of the article. (Footnotes may not copy and paste easily when the layout is being set up.)
  • The use of AI is discouraged, but any use of AI in any context or for any purpose must also be acknowledged. 

Guidelines for Formats of Articles and Images

  • Articles should be written in Word. 
  • If the author does not use Word, txt or rtf formats are also acceptable. 
  • Images should be submitted separately as JPG files, size no larger than 1MB.
  • Images may also be included in the Word document if context for positioning is required, but still submit the images separately as above.
  • Each image should have a caption (to be included in the Word document).
  • Each image should be referred to in the text.
  • Image filenames should be numbered or labelled to correspond with the captions.

Guidelines for Content of Submissions

Articles may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

  • Observation reports from your own observations;
  • Detailed descriptions of astronomical objects or phenomena;
  • Book reviews - astronomical subjects;
  • Historic topics of astronomical interest;
  • Cartoons relating to astronomy, space, science fiction;
  • Stories from travels with astronomical relevance;
  • Informative articles about astronomical places, landmarks, events;
  • Announcements about astronomical publications;
  • Images that stand alone, but must include imaging details (equipment, exposures, processing).