Observer's Sky Atlas: The 500 Best Deep-Sky Objects With Charts and Images

Now expanded and in full color, and useful to 2060!

This tremendous new edition of a classic book (previously published only in black-and-white) contains star charts and pictures, for all those who observe the night sky with unaided eyes, binoculars or telescopes. It is equally useful for beginners and experienced old hands at astronomy.

A legend among hobby astronomers, this entirely revised and updated edition has new celestial maps in full color, up-to-date data from the Gaia spacecraft and unique comparison images of most visible celestial objects. Sixty-one all-new star charts are good through 2060, and there are 532 pictures of stars, galaxies and nebulae, 415 of them in full color.

Very detailed position figures help the astronomer navigate the charts and accurately pinpoint objects for viewing - and knowing what you're seeing.

The hobby astronomer can use it to find star clusters, gaseous nebulae and galaxies throughout the night sky. Quick orientation is guaranteed, and intermediate astronomers can really enjoy the night sky for hours and hours by knowing where to locate the objects of their interest.

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Observer's Sky Atlas: The 500 Best Deep-Sky Objects With Charts and Images

Now expanded and in full color, and useful to 2060!

This tremendous new edition of a classic book (previously published only in black-and-white) contains star charts and pictures, for all those who observe the night sky with unaided eyes, binoculars or telescopes. It is equally useful for beginners and experienced old hands at astronomy.

A legend among hobby astronomers, this entirely revised and updated edition has new celestial maps in full color, up-to-date data from the Gaia spacecraft and unique comparison images of most visible celestial objects. Sixty-one all-new star charts are good through 2060, and there are 532 pictures of stars, galaxies and nebulae, 415 of them in full color.

Very detailed position figures help the astronomer navigate the charts and accurately pinpoint objects for viewing - and knowing what you're seeing.

The hobby astronomer can use it to find star clusters, gaseous nebulae and galaxies throughout the night sky. Quick orientation is guaranteed, and intermediate astronomers can really enjoy the night sky for hours and hours by knowing where to locate the objects of their interest.

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Observer's Sky Atlas: The 500 Best Deep-Sky Objects With Charts and Images

Observer's Sky Atlas: The 500 Best Deep-Sky Objects With Charts and Images

by Erich Karkoschka
Observer's Sky Atlas: The 500 Best Deep-Sky Objects With Charts and Images

Observer's Sky Atlas: The 500 Best Deep-Sky Objects With Charts and Images

by Erich Karkoschka

Hardcover(Fourth Edition, Updated and in Full Color)

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Overview

Now expanded and in full color, and useful to 2060!

This tremendous new edition of a classic book (previously published only in black-and-white) contains star charts and pictures, for all those who observe the night sky with unaided eyes, binoculars or telescopes. It is equally useful for beginners and experienced old hands at astronomy.

A legend among hobby astronomers, this entirely revised and updated edition has new celestial maps in full color, up-to-date data from the Gaia spacecraft and unique comparison images of most visible celestial objects. Sixty-one all-new star charts are good through 2060, and there are 532 pictures of stars, galaxies and nebulae, 415 of them in full color.

Very detailed position figures help the astronomer navigate the charts and accurately pinpoint objects for viewing - and knowing what you're seeing.

The hobby astronomer can use it to find star clusters, gaseous nebulae and galaxies throughout the night sky. Quick orientation is guaranteed, and intermediate astronomers can really enjoy the night sky for hours and hours by knowing where to locate the objects of their interest.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780228104100
Publisher: Firefly Books, Limited
Publication date: 03/10/2023
Edition description: Fourth Edition, Updated and in Full Color
Pages: 144
Product dimensions: 7.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Mathematician Dr. Erich Karkoschka works as a specialist for planetary research at the Lunar and Planetary Center in Tucson, Arizona. He has observed every object presented in this Atlas.

Table of Contents

Explanatory Notes
Introduction1
Sky Atlases1
Catalogs2
Object Selection3
Celestial Coordinates5
Precession6
Siderial Time6
Arrangement of Star Charts6
Directions in the Sky7
Size and Scale7
Designations9
Resolution9
Adaption of the Eye11
Magnitude11
Color13
Luminosity14
Binaries15
Variable Stars15
Nebulae16
Further Reading19
Star Charts and Catalog
Catalog Headings21
Arrangement of Charts22
North Polar Region NP22
Northern Sky N0-N2424
Equator, Ecliptic E0-E2450
Southern Sky S0-S24100
Appendix
Brightest Stars119
Meteor Showers119
Calendar 1999 2018120
Nebula Numbers122
Nebula Names123
Star Names124
Constellations126
Glossary128
Mean and Extreme Values130
Key to the Star Charts132
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