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

Really nice book for a good price. There are nicer books of course, but they are way out of my acceptable price range. This is a nice, informative book, with all (and more)of the information I need. Great pictures and it works just like my moon atlas, reference the map in the cover and go to the specific page for that object. Hardback and nice smooth pages.

I First bought this Author's 'Observer's Star Atlas' around 25 years ago.I didn't know a single Constellation then.Now I stumble on to the latest greatest book of Erich's and find a new Glossy Updated Version of the same book. There's not many books that can't be improved but this might be one of them.I've now seen all the Northern Constellations and observed Deep Sky objects such as The Veil Nebula through big Telescopes and this book covers them all. I can't wait to get back under clear skies with a Big Refractor and this book! I might even have a go at finding 3C273 The most exotic object visible in amateur telescopes - The 60 M light year distant Quasar is charted in this book once more & I'm so glad it's till here now that I might actually stand a chance of finding it. Superb!

Good photo's and maps with instructions on how to use it to find the objects you want to find

El que este escrito en inglés no debería ser un impedimento para su uso. La información está organizada de forma inteligente, resultando muy practica para la observación del cielo.Para los que no están familiarizados con el cielo nocturno lo pueden combinar con un atlas del cielo digital (Stellarium o Cartes du Ciel).Merece la pena.

I didn't quite know how to catorgeries this atlas since it's ostensibly about 500 deep sky objects curated by the author, and I already own several atlases and handbooks with far more DSO's...so why would I buy it.Simply put, it is absolutely brilliant.It is idiosincratic and follows none of the usual conventions of astronomy charts and books, but conveys the information in the most incredible graphic fashion.It starts with 17 pages of pertinent information about the construction of the atlas which you need to read in detail to get the most from it.Then follows over 100 pages of all-sky charts, which are not only highly detailed on their own but inlaid with very precise finder charts, detailed images and thumbnail visual images of various DSO's.Finally there is a very comprehensive index of DSO's, star names with magnitude and visual colour, oppositions, meteor showers and even maps of the Milky Way.As said, it is specific to the DSO's described, but also far more than that, I have never come across any book (on any subject) that conveys so much information per square inch of page surface than this.It is quite, quite brilliant, I'm glad I own a copy.