Sky at Night - October 2015
English | 116 pages | PDF | 26 mb

FEATURES
33 THE DARK SKIES SURVIVAL GUIDE
Leave light pollution behind and become a master of darker skies with our simple guide – you’ll be a seasoned stargazer in no time.
40 THE OCTOBER OCTATHLON
Tackle ourmulti-discipline astro challenge to view the best of the October night skies.
63 INSIGHT ASTRONOMY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR – THE WINNERS
See the astro images that wowed the judges to triumph in IAPY 2015.
71 THE SCIENCE OF FICTION
Find out where sci-fi writers go to learn the space facts that keep their tales believable.
74 AN END TO EXPENDABILITY
We have single-use rockets, but what’s likely to follow – reusable rockets or spaceplanes?

REGULARS
06 EYE ON THE SKY
11 BULLETIN
19 WHAT’S ON
21 A PASSION FOR SPACE
With The Sky at Night co-presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
23 JON CULSHAW
Jon’s off-world travelogue continues.
24 INTERACTIVE
26 SUBSCRIBE
Get your issues at a discount.
28 HOTSHOTS
Your best astro images revealed.
47 THE SKY IN OCTOBER
Your 15-page guide to the night sky featuring the top sights, an all-sky chart, a deep-sky tour and more

78 SKILLS
78 The Guide
Optical aberrations, part 1.
81 How to
Use a video camera for star tests.
84 Image Processing
Processing wavelets in RegiStax.
87 Scope Doctor

89 REVIEWS
First Light
90 Airylab 203mm Hydrogen-
Alpha Chromosphere Telescope.
94 Baader Nano Tracker
travelling mount.
98 QHY9S monochrome
CCD camera.
102 Books
104 Gear
106 WHAT I REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS…
Where did comets get their dust?
 
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