Pocket Sky Atlas Laminated
The psa is a great starter atlas for naked eye viewing binoculars.
Pocket sky atlas laminated. The jumbo edition plots the same 30 796 stars to as faint as visual magnitude 7 6 and the same 1 500 deep sky objects as the original pocket sky atlas. Jumbo pocket sky atlas second edition. This review is for the roger w. The spacious format 3 5 degrees per inch crisp printing stiff paper leatherette cover and.
All of the sky s showpieces for binoculars and small telescopes are in it along with a thousand others that will challenge 4 to 8 inch telescopes. Sinnott 2nd edition 1998 cambridge university press. Sky telescope s pocket sky atlas paperback. 24 95 sky atlas 2000 0 field laminated.
79 95 sky atlas 2000 0 deluxe laminated. Reprinted 2007 sky publishing. So just to be clear. 79 95 sky atlas 2000 0 desk laminated.
119 95 sky atlas 2000 0 desk unlaminated. 39 95 6 item s sort by. The choice is yours. A perfect observatory bag companion to the excellent sky atlas 2000 0 2nd field laminated version which is my go to source for sky data.
Sometimes however the sky atlas 2000 0 is too big to cart about it s much better on the chart table than standing at the dobsonian trying to starhop. Sky atlas 2000 0 2nd edition by wil tirion and roger w. Our pocket sky atlas is no exception. Each version of sky atlas 2000 0 contains 26 charts covering the whole sky and showing 81 312 single multiple and variable stars of magnitude 8 5 and brighter and 2 700 deep sky objects.
Buy this book now and read the reviews latter it should be on your bookshelf anyway. The regular and jumbo versions of the pocket sky atlas are identical in content. Great star atlas really glad i bought it i ve owned the larger sky atlas 2000 0 field edition with stars down to mag 8 5 for years but have found it difficult to read as i ve got older. Pocket sky atlas second edition.
They have the same 80 main charts and the same 10 close up charts differing in page size alone. The sky atlas 2000 is the most accurate attractive and useful sky atlas for any purpose that does not require position information for stars below magnitude 8 5 which is typically beyond the limit of most telescopic finder scopes and binoculars. That s where this little pocket atlas comes in handy. Although limited to mag 7 the pocket sky atlas jumbo edition is much easier to read and really clear with a good representation of deep sky objects.
This wonderfully detailed atlas is particularly handy to take. The standard against which all other star atlases are measured this best selling atlas has been completely revised and updated.