BBC Sky at Night - January 2019
English | 110 pages | True PDF | 44.2 mb
Features
32 2019: SPACEMISSIONS
There are plenty of exciting missions, launches and encounters planned for the next 12 months – learn all about them here.
38 OBSERVING GREEN STARS
Technically, they may not exist, but green stars still make for a great observing challenge.
44 AI AT THE CONTROLS
Discover why NASA’s missions are becoming ever more reliant on software that learns.
67 IMAGING FOR SCIENCE: THE INNER AND FAR OUTER PLANETS
Make your images of Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune more valuable to science.
73 EXPERT CMOS IMAGING TIPS
How to get the most out of using a CMOS camera to capture deep-sky objects.
Regulars
06 EYE ON THE SKY
11 BULLETIN
19 WHAT’S ON
21 A PASSION FOR SPACE - Dr Kimberly Ennico on a plane-based ’scope.
23 FIELD OF VIEW - The unrelenting spread of light pollution.
24 INTERACTIVE
26 SUBSCRIBE
28 HOTSHOTS - Your best astrophotos.
78 SKILLS
78 The Guide - An introductory guide to stacking.
81 How To... Clean your binoculars.
84 Image Processing - Luminosity layers.
87 Scope Doctor
89 REVIEWS/FIRST LIGHT
90 Vixen SD103S apochromatic refractor
94 Sky-Watcher Startravel-102 AZ-GTe
98 DayStar Quark Magnesium solar filter
102 Books
104 Gear
106 WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS…
What secrets will Ultima Thule reveal?
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