The stars of Sky at Night Magazine
Our readers are a special bunch and we’re always keen to hear from them with ideas to make BBC Sky at Night Magazine something
for them. But for this celebratory 200th issue we got in touch with some of them - subscribers who have been with us from issue one. We found that an amazing 120 people have received every one of our 200 issues through the post. Here are five of these very special subscribers, who have kindly agreed to tell us a little about their associations with the night sky, astronomy, and with BBC Sky at Night Magazine. To all you stars of the magazine, thank you, and we salute you!
Name Alan Hodgson
Occupation Writer on printing and imaging
Location Cheshire
Age 64
Favourite section ‘First Light’ equipment reviews
Do you still keep any past issues?
I have them all at home and I am in the process of compiling an index of particularly interesting articles.
Alan’s background in photographic science informs his work and his astronomy, he says, and articles in have too. “I worked in
