Howdy Yall!
I've gotton to that stage in amateur astronomy when planispheres and AS&T magazine sky charts are just not good enough. I am finding that they do not show much detail and I am after something that features dimmer objects and more DSO's.
I'm guessing I need to veer towards actual charts or maps as opposed to simple planishperes. I was wondering whether these maps come in different levels of detail, i.e. whether they come in stages of maximum magnitude and number of objects shown?. Do they come in sort of beginner, intermediate and advanced formats where there is more detail for each stage? If so, feel free to make some reccomendations of books of maps, charts and atlases that you think show a decent number of dim stars and DSO's.
I've been looking at Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas for a start. Could anyone tell me how that is?
Thanks heaps!