The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky Book

The Observer's Sky Atlas contains star charts and information for all those who observe the night sky with unaided eyes, with binoculars, or with small telescopes, and also for those who just wish to look at constellations and interesting objects. Equally useful for the beginning observer and the old hand, the atlas presents: ( a short introduction into observing the sky and a thorough description of the star charts and tables; ( clearly arranged charts of all the stars (up to 6th magnitude) visible with the unaided eye; ( enlarged chart sections (including all stars to magnitude 9) for binocular observation, highlighting 250 interesting nebulae, galaxies, and stellar clusters; ( a catalog of more than 1000 objects that takes into account the far-reaching measurements of the Hipparcos Satellite published in 1997; ( tables of predicted separations of binary stars through the year 2015. The Observer's Sky Atlas is an indispensable and handy companion for every observer and has already appeared in four languages.Read More