《皇家天文學會月刊》是世界領先的天文學和天體物理學科學期刊之一。自1827年以來，它一直持續存在，并發表同行評議的信件和論文，報告相關領域的原始研究。盡管有這個名字，這本雜志也不再是月刊，也不再刊登皇家天文學會的通知。1827年2月9日，作為倫敦天文學會的每月通知，首次出版了《跨國天文學研究所》，此后一直持續出版。在倫敦天文學學會成為皇家天文學學會（RAS）之后，它從第二卷起取了現在的名字。直到1960年，皇家天文學會每月都會刊登皇家天文學會的通知，當時這些通知被轉給了新成立的皇家天文學會季刊（1960-1996年），然后轉給了后來的《天文學和地球物理學》（1997年以來）。直到1965年，mnras由ras內部出版；從那時起，它已經由Blackwell科學出版物（后來的Wiley Blackwell）代表ras出版。此外，該雜志不再是月刊，一年發行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