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Old 11-04-2007, 11:33 AM
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Hey Guys,

About the Cloudy Nights Mag-7 Star Atlas Project, I was wondering what map the Southern Hemisphere starts on. I'm guessing all the maps showing declination 0 degrees and below show southern skies (from chart 8), but am I right about this?

Also, I understand that stars with a horizontal line running through them are double stars, but what do the circles represent. I'm guessing they represent deep sky objects, but is there a distincion between galaxies, nebulae, clusters, etc.?

By the way, it's a great atlas, I've made a nice portfolio with it!

Thanks!
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