BBC Sky at Night - January 2019

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?