Podcast Extra: AstroCamp Autumn 2015

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The Discussion: An introduction to star parties and enjoying
practical astronomy under pristine dark skies away from the city.


As the podcast crew run the AstroCamp star party, which many
listeners attend, in the Brecon Beacon’s international dark sky
reserve twice a year, we take you through the events, tutorials
and workshops we run to help you hone your stargazing skills and
win astronomy prizes from the Tring Astronomy Centre.


The Sky guides: In readiness for 3 nights of stargazing in the
Welsh valleys, Ralph, Paul and John list five objects to look out
for this time of year. If you’re not coming to AstroCamp, these
are still great night sky treats to try and locate wherever you
are in the northern hemisphere.


Ralph lists his three top choices for beginner
astrophotographers, armed only with a DSLR camera and a
telescope, and two night sky photographic opportunities for those
with just a DSLR.

Paul runs through five deep sky treats for visual astronomers
in September and throughout autumn. There’s also a couple of
tricky ones to test your skills and help develop your averted
vision.

John runs through the night sky objects available a little
closer to home this month as he runs through the best of the
solar system objects – planets, comets and safe solar observing.