Interstellarum - field edition

[FenlandPaul]

This arrived for me yesterday as a very generous birthday present from my family. I know a few others have had this recently, and I have to agree that it is a truly stunning creation. The detail in it is beautiful; areas of sky that I thought were void of any interest have just come alive with exciting targets of all sorts. I know all of these are visible on my SkyMap Pro software that I still use occasionally, but this feels like a much more suitable companion for the fully manual dob experience. It's expensive, but I really think I'll be using this throughout my life.

Looking forward to some adventures together!

Paul

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[RobertI]

Nice! I had a look at the samples on their webpage and it does look like a fabulous atlas, would love to own this myself. Perhaps you can post a review after you been using it for a while?

[Dave In Vermont]

I see a home(desk) edition will be released soon - at a much lower price:

http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/astronomy/amateur-and-popular-astronomy/interstellarum-deep-sky-atlas-desk-edition

Looks like a very nice addition to one's collection.

Clear Skies,

Dave

[mister_wavey]

I'm loving my field edition. No more dew issues with paper!

Expensive, but if you're star hopping, there's nothing better.

[Hungran]

I bought the field edition and I don't think I have any use of the desk edition. I once brought my copy of the Cambridge Star Atlas outside, and after a while I had to do a 100 m Olympic sprint to save it from beeing destroyed due to the dew. I think the Interstellarum field edition will last many many years. I don't know how the plastic sheets will behave outside at temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius though..... I will soon know.

/Mikael

[Druid]

I've got the field edition too and I think it's brilliant. Along with a RACI and a red-dot finder it's really made the difference to my ability to find things easily.

PS- Kudos to Qulia for some good advice here a year or so ago on the practical necessities of star-hopping.

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/183284-finders-and-other-support-for-star-hopping-under-urban-skies/

[Darryls]

Got mine last week.  Just hope my old eyes can make out the small print in the dark!  (It's been cloudy every night, no chance to try yet.)

[FenlandPaul]

I've got the field edition too and I think it's brilliant. Along with a RACI and a red-dot finder it's really made the difference to my ability to find things easily.

PS- Kudos to Qulia for some good advice here a year or so ago on the practical necessities of star-hopping.

http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/183284-finders-and-other-support-for-star-hopping-under-urban-skies/

Thanks for the link to a great thread and mini-article from Qulia. P.

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[Druid]

Oops. I spelled Qualia's nick wrong 

That post is really useful advice though isn't it? 

[Davesellars]

Just ordered the Field version. There is a massive variety in pricing for this edition so worth shopping about.