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.

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

An indispensable classic guide for anyone using binoculars or a small telescope to search the sky.

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

Each deep-sky object discussed has a star chart, a finder chart, a description, catalog data, an image for visual observations and a photo, all on the same double page spread. In addition, this new edition contains predictions for the separation of binaries all the way to 2060 and a new section that includes images and charts for observing the Milky Way

Star Charts

This sky atlas includes catalog data on the page facing the star charts. This way, much information can be given with just one label in the charts, leaving the charts uncluttered.

Constellations

The constellations with their area in gray and blue and their lines. The brightened stripe at bottom marks the region that remains invisible from mid-northern latitudes.

 

Magnitude

Table 3 can suggest how to find suitable objects for an observing session. For example, an observer with binoculars on a field far from city lights and with no significant moonlight will look for dice symbols with more than three filled dots. Experienced observers may wish to check their limits of visibility 3 or surface brightness 13/'