Photographic Atlas Recommendations

[Littleguy80]

I don’t have a lot of books but I think I’ve chosen wisely with the few that do I have. I also have ‘Turn Left at Orion’ but have passed that onto my sister who’s getting to grips with my old scope. 

[estwing]

Nice collection..I love the urano books which prove fantastic when planning a session then Mark the target off in my sky & telescope pocket atlas that seem to be indestructible!

[Littleguy80]

1 hour ago, estwing said:

Nice collection..I love the urano books which prove fantastic when planning a session then Mark the target off in my sky & telescope pocket atlas that seem to be indestructible!

I forgot that I also have the Sky and Telescope Pocket Atlas. That's also with my sister while she learns her way around the sky

[ollypenrice]

These are not atlases as such but guide books containing small charts to help locate objects. However, they are seriously comprehensive! I have volumes 1 and 2.

http://www.willbell.com/handbook/nitesky.htm

Olly

[Mark at Beaufort]

55 minutes ago, ollypenrice said:

These are not atlases as such but guide books containing small charts to help locate objects. However, they are seriously comprehensive! I have volumes 1 and 2.

http://www.willbell.com/handbook/nitesky.htm

Olly

I agree Olly they are brilliant resource books. Very often I refer to the these books for information on particular objects and what might be visible with a particular sized scope.

[Martin Meredith]

On 15/11/2018 at 00:24, Littleguy80 said:

I’ve had E.E. Barnard’s “A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way” on my wish list for awhile. I gained an interest in dark nebula after seeing the Ink Spot Nebula and then Barnard’s E. This was the inspiration for wanting this book. I liked the idea of images that I could study to get an idea of what was there. Something to refer back to at the eyepiece to eek out more detail. 

I’m wondering if there is a more general photographic atlas that I could use for this purpose. Something that covers most of the sky. Does anyone have one that they could recommend or does Barnard’s classic atlas fit the bill?

Many thanks!

I know it isn't in the most convenient book-like format, but did you know that the whole of the Barnard atlas is available in the Georgia Tech collection:

http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/digital_collections/barnard/index.html

This includes text, photos, intro etc.

Best

Martin

 

[Littleguy80]

3 hours ago, Martin Meredith said:

I know it isn't in the most convenient book-like format, but did you know that the whole of the Barnard atlas is available in the Georgia Tech collection:

http://www.library.gatech.edu/search/digital_collections/barnard/index.html

This includes text, photos, intro etc.

Best

Martin

 

Excellent link, Martin! Thank you  

[Merlin]

I made my own photographic atlas of the constellations to A4 size - constellation by constellation - from this German website: allthesky.com  .