CN FORUMS ARCHIVE Telescope Reviews: Charts, Atlases and Programs

amended October 2nd, 2006

A Field Guide to Stars and Planets
was: Peterson's Guide to the Stars and Planets

Atlas of Nearby Galaxies
was: Tully's Nearby Galaxies Atlas

Atlas of the Heavens
was: Skalnate-Pleso Atlas of the Heavens (aka Atlas Coeli by Antonin Becvar: desk, deluxe, and field versions)
>note: Searches pointed me towards sites which listed the name of the book as 'Atlas of the Heavens', so that's what the title was amended to. 'Skalnate-Pleso' seems to be the name/location of an observatory, and 'coeli' loosely translates to 'heaven'.

Collins Stars
(Omitted till we find out which publication is being referred to)

Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, 20th Edition
was: Norton's

Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas
was: Pocket Sky Atlas

Sky Atlas 2000.0
was: Sky Atlas 2000, desk, field, and deluxe versions

The Edmund mag 6 Star Atlas
was: Edmund Mag 5 Star Atlas (mag 5 atlas not found in searches.. I'm assuming the mag 6 is the most recent edition?)

The Messier Album
was: Mallas & Kreimer Messier Album

The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
was: The Observer's Sky Atlas by Karkoschka

Uranometria 2000.0
was: Uranometria 2000.0, 1st and 2nd editions

'Collins Stars' has been removed from the list, pending verification by the original contributor as to which of two publications they were referring to. (Scroll back to previous posts to read my verification request.)
The rest of the above amendments are title corrections I came across while searching for the publishers. Also, I've placed the publisher's name behind the book titles, and have placed URLs beneath the free, downloadable online charts.

The 'planetarium programs and software' section hasn't been done yet, but will be amended as the information is found.

Tom, I'll make a separate post for you with everything grouped by publisher.

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This is a group project, so please feel free to add to it.

1: Just paste the contents of everything between the slash-lines into the reply box.

2: Insert your addition in alphabetical order in one of the three categories.

3: Then above the top slash-line, please note the date and what's been changed.

Thanks!

<< PRINTED MATERIAL >>

A Field Guide to Stars and Planets – (Houghton Mifflin)
AAVSO Variable Star Atlas – (Sky Pub Corp)
Astronomy Magazine Atlas of the Stars – (Kalmbach Publishing Co)
Atlas of Deep Sky Splendors – (Cambridge University Press)
Atlas of Nearby Galaxies – (Cambridge University Press)
Bright Star Atlas – (Willman-Bell)
Cambridge Star Atlas – (Cambridge University Press)
Collins Atlas of the Night Sky – (Collins)
Deep Sky Reiseatlas – (Oculum-Verlag)
Deep Sky Tools: 5800 Free Mini-maps by Jose Ramon:
http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1237
Herald-Bobroff AstroAtlas – (HB2000 Publications)
John Small Free Telrad charts:
http://www.atmob.org/library/member/skymaps_jsmall.html
Messier Card – (Sky Pub Corp)
Millennium Star Atlas – (Sky Pub Corp)
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky – (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.)
Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook, 20th Edition – (Prentice Hall)
Orion Deep Map 600 – (no publisher listed on website)
Peterson First Guides / Astronomy – (Houghton Mifflin Company)
Philips Color Star Atlas – (Kalmbach Pub Co)
Seasonal Star Charts and Luminous Star Finder – (Hubbard Scientific Co)
Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas – (Sky Publishing Corporation)
Sky Atlas 2000.0 – (Sky Publishing Corporation)
Sky Atlas for Small Telescopes and Binoculars – (David Chandler Co)
Taki's Star Atlas:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~zs3t-tk/atlas/atlas.htm
Taki's 8.5 Magnitude Star Atlas:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~zs3t-tk/atlas_85/atlas_85.htm
Telrad Finder Chart of the Best 300 Objects – [no publisher located]
The Edmund mag 6 Star Atlas – (Edmund Scientific Co)
The Mag-7 Star Atlas Project by Andrew Johnson:
http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1052
The Messier Album – (Sky Publishing Corporation)
The New Atlas of the Stars – (Firefly Books)
The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky – (Springer)
The Photographic Atlas of the Stars – (Kalmbach Publishing)
Uranometria 2000.0 – (Willmann-Bell)
Utah Skies' Messier Telrad Finder Charts:
http://www.utahskies.org/deepsky/messier/charts/messierTelradFrameSet.html

<< PLANETARIUM PROGRAMS AND SOFTWARE >>
Cartes du Ciel
CNebulaX Project
DeepSky Astronomy Software
Eye & Telescope 2.0 by Thomas Pfleger (German)
HN Sky
Megastar
Sky Chart III
SkyTools2
Star Atlas Pro
Starry Night
The Sky

<< HISTORICAL PUBLICATIONS >>
Atlas Borealis/Eclipticalis/Australis [3 volumes] – (Sky Pub Corp)
Atlas of the Heavens – (Publishing House of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences)

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