Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) is one of the world s leading scientific journals in astronomy and astrophysics. It has been in continuous existence since 1827 and publishes peer-reviewed letters and papers reporting original research in relevant fields. Despite the name, the journal is no longer monthly nor does it carry the notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. The first issue of MNRAS was published on 9 February 1827 as Monthly Notices of the Astronomical Society of London and it has been in continuous publication ever since. It took its current name from the second volume, after the Astronomical Society of London became the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). Until 1960 it carried the monthly notices of the RAS, at which time these were transferred to the newly-established Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1960–1996) and then to its successor journal Astronomy & Geophysics (since 1997). Until 1965, MNRAS was published in-house by the RAS; since then, it has been published by Blackwell Scientific Publications (later Wiley-Blackwell) on behalf of the RAS. As well, the journal is no longer monthly, with thirty-six issues a year

《皇家天文學(xué)會(huì)月刊》是世界領(lǐng)先的天文學(xué)和天體物理學(xué)科學(xué)期刊之一。自1827年以來(lái)，它一直持續(xù)存在，并發(fā)表同行評(píng)議的信件和論文，報(bào)告相關(guān)領(lǐng)域的原始研究。盡管有這個(gè)名字，這本雜志也不再是月刊，也不再刊登皇家天文學(xué)會(huì)的通知。1827年2月9日，作為倫敦天文學(xué)會(huì)的每月通知，首次出版了《跨國(guó)天文學(xué)研究所》，此后一直持續(xù)出版。在倫敦天文學(xué)學(xué)會(huì)成為皇家天文學(xué)學(xué)會(huì)（RAS）之后，它從第二卷起取了現(xiàn)在的名字。直到1960年，皇家天文學(xué)會(huì)每月都會(huì)刊登皇家天文學(xué)會(huì)的通知，當(dāng)時(shí)這些通知被轉(zhuǎn)給了新成立的皇家天文學(xué)會(huì)季刊（1960-1996年），然后轉(zhuǎn)給了后來(lái)的《天文學(xué)和地球物理學(xué)》（1997年以來(lái)）。直到1965年，mnras由ras內(nèi)部出版；從那時(shí)起，它已經(jīng)由Blackwell科學(xué)出版物（后來(lái)的Wiley Blackwell）代表ras出版。此外，該雜志不再是月刊，一年發(fā)行36期。