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Old 09-09-2010, 04:32 PM
astro744
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Originally Posted by mental4astro View Post
Sky Atlas 2000 is also very good, though for me its A2 format is awkard to store and carry, but its field of view is better than Taki's because it is larger.
Agreed, the large scale charts do make matching plotted stars with the sky much easier. Note Sky Atlas comes in approx A3 format and each of the 26 charts fold open to A2.

I highly recommend a shroud too to give you the best possible contrast.
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