Book, Photographic Atlas...

[ollypenrice]

The Photographic Atlas of the Stars is one of the most browsed and enjoyed books on our shelves and is an absolute Godsend for beginners. It has a star chart on one page and, on the opposite page, a good widefield photo of exactly that bit of sky. There is also a list of things to observe with comments. Now neither the charts nor the lists are exhaustive but the charm of the book is that it allows you to look from the one to the other and get the hang of using star charts. The scale is there for you to 'see,' you can learn to pick out the constellations and you can learn them by day or by cloud. You can use the book before going outside in order to drum into your head what you are looking for and where. An incredibly powerful teaching tool in my view and a good way to ward off the cloudy blues.

Amazon and others still have them though ours was an Astrofest

special a good few years ago.

Amazon.com: The Photographic Atlas of the Stars (UK edition) (9780913135310): Patrick Moore, Paul Doherty, H. J. P. Arnold: Books

Olly

[F64]

thanks Olly for the link helpful

Janine

[ollypenrice]

Janine, I know of no more useful book for 'getting your eye in' on scale when using star charts - and finding things on the chart and then on the picture is great fun on a cloudy night!

Olly

[HD-AP]

Leslie peltiers Guide to the stars ,exploring the sky with binoculars

Has a star chart view on one page and the real sky view on the adjacent page ,not photographic views but very good at relating star chart views to real sky views .stars without the lines between them.

regards

clive