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Old 12-08-2014, 10:32 PM
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barx1963 (Malcolm)
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The basic charts can be used for naked eye observing, eg bright stars, constellations and the brighter DSOs. The more detailed atlases are more for finding objects with a scope.
When star hopping I use the basic chart to identify bright stars then I move to the atlases to work out my star hops to the target object.

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Malcolm
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