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Book Title: Sky & Telescope'S Pocket Sky Atlas Jumbo
ISBN: 9781940038254
By Author(s):ROGER W. SINNOTT
By Publisher:F+W MEDIA
Format:PB
Perfect for experienced stargazers and beginners alike, Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas will have you exploring the heavens in no time!
Sky & Telescope's celestial atlases are the standard by which all other star atlases have been judged for a half century. Now we've raised the bar again with our Pocket Sky Atlas - Jumbo Edition. There has never been such a wonderfully detailed atlas so handy to take on trips and use at the telescope, thanks to its user-friendly size, convenient spiral-bound design, and easy-to-read labels. The charts show both constellation boundaries and stick figures to help you find your way.
Features of this atlas:
More than 30,000 stars individually sized according to their relative brightness1,500 deep-sky objects color-coded by type, including 675 galaxies oriented as they appear in the skyThis Jumbo Edition has 6 new close-up charts, for a total of 10, depicting high-interest star fields.Labels even more legible in dim light