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Old 13-10-2005, 06:26 PM
dhumpie
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I have seen that book at the local Dymock's bookshop and even told Andrew about it (I think he has a copy). The maps are pretty detailed and the individual constellation maps seem to be right off SkyAtlas 2000, but in a handier format with descriptions. I say it will be a very good field guide for intermediate to advance astronomers. I am currently using photocopies of the Cambridge Star Atlas (CSA) in conjunction with SkyAtlas 2000 (SA2000) and these suffice for me for the time being. I have seen both the Uranometria and the HB astroatlas (Andrew has one) and while I can consider myself an intermediate to advance observer, both these seem way too detailed for my 6", 4" and 3" scopes. Currently just trying to finish off objects in both the CSA and the SA2000 atlases and I still have a long way to go (I have logged approx 530 DSO's now and these do not include double stars

Great review by the way

Darren
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