《皇家天文学会月刊》是世界领先的天文学和天体物理学科学期刊之一。自1827年以来，它一直持续存在，并发表同行评议的信件和论文，报告相关领域的原始研究。尽管有这个名字，这本杂志也不再是月刊，也不再刊登皇家天文学会的通知。1827年2月9日，作为伦敦天文学会的每月通知，首次出版了《跨国天文学研究所》，此后一直持续出版。在伦敦天文学学会成为皇家天文学学会（RAS）之后，它从第二卷起取了现在的名字。直到1960年，皇家天文学会每月都会刊登皇家天文学会的通知，当时这些通知被转给了新成立的皇家天文学会季刊（1960-1996年），然后转给了后来的《天文学和地球物理学》（1997年以来）。直到1965年，mnras由ras内部出版；从那时起，它已经由Blackwell科学出版物（后来的Wiley Blackwell）代表ras出版。此外，该杂志不再是月刊，一年发行36期。
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
