Uranometria?

[stefski]

Hi All,

My in-laws live in the US and are coming over in a few weeks. Seeing as Uranometria 2000 is so expensive and difficult to get hold of here I was going to buy it and have it shipped to them. I was wondering though.....There are two books, 'Uranometria' itself and 'Uranometria Volume 3 The Deep Sky Field Guide'. I've read a review of the latter, but it wasn't very clear. Does the DSFG have the star maps from U2000, or does one usually have to buy both books?

[StarMan1701]

Stefski,

There are actually three books:

Volume 1: The Northern Hemisphere to -6 degrees.

Volume 2: The Southern Hemisphere to +6 degrees.

Volume 3: The Deep Sky Field Guide.

Hope this helps.

Lee.

[stefski]

Hi Lee,

Thanks, I know:)....I only want northern hemisphere stars. What I want to know is can I just get the DSFG or do I also need Vol1 to go with it?

[arad85]

Hi Lee,

Thanks, I know:)....I only want northern hemisphere stars. What I want to know is can I just get the DSFG or do I also need Vol1 to go with it?

V3 appears to be an index without charts... Take a look at the .pdfs here: Uranometria 2000.0 Deep Sky Atlas

[Dangerous-Dave]

Woo, never knew Uranometria 2000 was rare. I've got a copy on my bookcase which I look at about once a month. It's a cracking book, but does nothing the free Mag 7 star charts won't do. A friend of mine printed out the Mag 7 charts, laminated them and put them in a ring folder - jobsagoodun!

[Merlin66]

Vol 1 has the maps, Vol3 is the detailed catalogue:

220 tables containing:

One table for each of the Chart#, with details of all Non-stellar objects, Position and description.

Contains, 25895 galaxies, 1617 Open Clusters, 170 Globular Clusters, 14 Star Clouds, 377 Bright Nebulae, 367 Dark Nebulae, and 1144 Planetary Nebulae.

Hope this helps!

[stefski]

Yeah Dave....On Amazon, a 'used' copy is £75. New from States is just $50!

stef

[stefski]

Cheers Merlin,

Looks like I'll go for both books!

Stef