Hmmmmm.... after buying a copy of O'Meara awesome book The Caldwell Objects,
and taking it out on a _very_ mild if any dew night. And seen my treasured book be
effected by such dew. I spent some hours creating a word document. In it contains
all objects listed by constellation in alpabetical order and indexed, Each object has
at least 2 discriptions from either W. Herschel, J. Hershel, NGC, IC or others where
applicable as well as basic data, Constellation star charts as well as sepaerate
zoomed in charts for each and every object. A standard basic data table in the rear
and a full index in the front, all pages are numbered, although there is a lil trick
you have to do when printing.
Pro's:
The first edition worked so well that in the second I formatted it into a usable book,
ie: indexed, ordered by constellation, included discriptions and basic data for all the
objects. I have found it an valuable addition to my charts. Having things ordered in
Constellation and I never have to take my book outside again, I can write my reports
straight on the charts and reprint the pages when needed.
Con's
All charts were made with The Sky software, could be a copyright breach
All object comments were taken from O'Meara book the Caldweel Objects, could be
a breach of copyright.
The document is 150 pages long and come in at 12+mg
Apart from that I would love to share it.
I plan to do a similar thing to O'Meara Merssier Objects. I also have just recieved a
copy of Hartung's Book the second edition. And I'm eyeing that up for the same treatment.
Edit: I call this "The Caldwell Bible"
regards,CS
Last edited by xrekcor; 19-12-2005 at 03:13 PM.
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