Atlas of the southern night sky vs. others?

[ncorreia (Nelson)]

Hey everyone, I'm looking to get an atlas thats both practical (I can use it to guide/plan my observing sessions) and just nice to look at (get my roommates interested in observing hehe). A few people have recommended this atlas and I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion they'd like to share? Maybe someone has a better book in mind?

Thanks!

[anthony.tony]

It Is a Great Book -Written by Australian Astronomers.You will Find once you have Bought one Star Atlas -You will be looking around for Another. http://www.myastroshop.com.au/produc...sp?id=MAS-002C

[ncorreia (Nelson)]

Thanks! I'll probably pick it up soon

[Paddy (Patrick)]

I found this book a very useful atlas for getting into star hopping and finding objects in various constellations. More of my thoughts in this review

[erick (Eric)]

Yes, I found this to be a good atlas for people to start with. I have given a few as gifts. Just one point - the early edition had the problem Paddy describes in the review - hard to read the constellation names under red light. I upgraded to the Third Edition (2013 and still current) in which this problem was resolved.

[ncorreia (Nelson)]

Thanks!

[OICURMT]

Originally Posted by ncorreia

Hey everyone, I'm looking to get an atlas thats both practical (I can use it to guide/plan my observing sessions) and just nice to look at (get my roommates interested in observing hehe).

http://shop.iceinspace.com.au/shop/star-charts-with-cd/


I use the JPG's on the CDROM as my desktop background...

[Suzy]

Oh yes, another plus one here from me , I love this book. I often go to bed reading this book .
But to really plan my session properly, I end up using quite a few books (including Australian Sky & Telescope magazine's observing guides) and my night sky planetarium programme.

I also love Collin's Stars and Planets which is another popular choice but not as pretty as it (it's much smaller i.e. more like a handbook and less pretty pics but is packed with observing info) so the Collin's one is my most used and favourite if I had to pick. One can never have enough observing books I say .

And if you really want to go deep you simply cannot beat the Night Sky Observers Guide series . Paddy has done a fantastic review of that as well in our forum, seen here. But again, it doesn't have the pretty pics of the Atlas of the Southern Night Sky and is more of a hand book- a really big, heavy hand book actually (but I love it!) .

It's been a while... I think it's coming to bed with me again tonight, thanks for the reminder!

[OzStarGazer]

Originally Posted by Suzy

I also love Collin's Stars and Planets

Speaking of Collins... The other day I found Collins "Astronomy of the Southern Sky" in the alumni bookshop in my town for just 3 dollars, although it looks 100% new.
I haven't read it in its entirety yet, but at first sight it looks like a good choice too.

[ncorreia (Nelson)]

Took me a while, but it's ordered and on its way

[MichaelSW (Michael)]

Nelson.

Great book. I borrowed the 2nd edition regularly from my local library for years then bought my own copy of the Third Edition.

Page 288 was incorrectly printed as a photo of NGC 5128 Centaurus-A instead of being the September - October section of the Deep Sky Month Planner chapter.

The publishers sent me PDF of the 'missing' page. File attached.

Cheers.

[ncorreia (Nelson)]

Originally Posted by MichaelSW

Nelson.

Great book. I borrowed the 2nd edition regularly from my local library for years then bought my own copy of the Third Edition.

Page 288 was incorrectly printed as a photo of NGC 5128 Centaurus-A instead of being the September - October section of the Deep Sky Month Planner chapter.

The publishers sent me PDF of the 'missing' page. File attached.

Cheers.

That's great thanks!