trever
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Reged: 08/18/03
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Loc: North Alabama
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I bought it this weekend and I was surprised on the detail. After thumbing through it, I really like it. The charts are very detailed, and being only 20 dollars, I can get it dirty and not care as much. Anyone else purchase this?
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Trever
Coronado PST Solar Telescope
Vixen A80MF 80mm Refractor with Porta Mount
Orange Celestron 8 inch SCT on AS-GT mount
Zhumell 20x80 Astronomical Binoculars
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kestrel0222
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 05/21/06
Posts: 2338
Loc: Milford, Michigan
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Hi Trever,
Yes, I've had my copy for a couple of months now and I really like. It is small enough to take with you, but has alot of detail to it. I highly recommend it! 
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Tom
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~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 21737
Loc: North Texas
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Many favorable reviews of this atlas, in this forum as well as in the Beginners and Articles forums. Overall a well-regarded atlas.  I like it very much myself. 
A tip for those who haven't yet bought it -- you can get it for less than $20 at Amazon; $12 or $13 last I saw.  Also at Wal-Mart (online, not sure of in-store) too.
Be sure and go to the S&T site to get updates for the 2 charts that had minor errors --
http://skytonight.com/observing/skychart/3311296.html
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Steph | 
10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST
Serenity Observatory 
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Rick Woods
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Reged: 01/27/05
Posts: 4450
Loc: Inner Solar System
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Yes, it's a real asset!
Which brings up a question: in the intro, they say it's the seventh major atlas S&T has put out. Here's how I make it:
1) Becvar Atlas of the Heavens
2) Becvar Atlas Borealis, Eclipticalis, Australis
3) Tirion SA2000
4) Tirion SA2000 2nd ed.
5) Millinneum Star Atlas
6) ---?
7) Pocket Sky Atlas
Did I count wrong, or did I miss one, or...?
- Rick
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- Rick
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8" Meade 826C
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starramus
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 09/01/04
Posts: 1124
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Be sure and go to the S&T site to get updates for the 2 charts that had minor errors --
http://skytonight.com/observing/skychart/3311296.html
I believe I will wait for the corrected revised edition. A print out glued to a page looks sort of tacky. What happened to the proof reader?
Regards and clear skies,
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Tom L
Reged: 01/07/04
Posts: 29880
Loc: Sunny Oregon
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I stapled the updates to the page with the free magazine offer in the back of the book. This atlas lives in my eyepiece case now, along with Sue French's book (which displaced Harrington's Starwatch).
Excellent Atlas and the 2 boo-boos are minor...I would like for the pages to be waterproof...maybe they'll come out with that version as more and more people ask for it.
Did they say if they would come out with an update?
and I paid $12 at amazon also...
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Tom 
Tele Vue 102mm f/8.6 on an EzTouch
Vixen 80mm f/5 A80SSWT on a grab-n-go mount
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~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 21737
Loc: North Texas
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I believe I will wait for the corrected revised edition. A print out glued to a page looks sort of tacky. What happened to the proof reader?
Website says it was a printing error; don't know that a proof reader would have caught it.  For two minor errors out of the whole atlas, I can live with it. Less than a lot of other atlases and guides have...
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Steph |
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Serenity Observatory
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Rick Woods
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The errors are so minor that it isn't worth waiting, really, unless you just have to have the perfect version. Besides, one of them anyway appears in its correct form on an adjoining chart. The error is mostly missing letters in the constellation name - big deal!
- Rick
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- Rick
14" LX200GPS
8" Meade 826C
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trever
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 08/18/03
Posts: 2699
Loc: North Alabama
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Yeah, I would not snob this atlas due to the printing errors. I have not looked at Sue's book yet.
I agree with Tom on the waterproofing. here ian the South, you had better make sure anything paper is protected. I may try some sort of laminating to protect the individual pages, but it only cost 20 so I should get my moneys worth regardless.
Thanks Steph for the link. I downloaded them and figured that the errors were so minor, I just wrote in the corrections with a pen.
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Trever
Coronado PST Solar Telescope
Vixen A80MF 80mm Refractor with Porta Mount
Orange Celestron 8 inch SCT on AS-GT mount
Zhumell 20x80 Astronomical Binoculars
Orion Paragon HD-F2 Tripod
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edwincjones
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Reged: 04/10/04
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The big advantage for me is having a "travel atlas" that fits in a brief case with other odd and ends.
My negative is the organization of sky charts, but I am getting use to it.
edj
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Rick Woods
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The big advantage for me is having a "travel atlas" that fits in a brief case with other odd and ends.
My negative is the organization of sky charts, but I am getting use to it.
edj
Actually, I find the chart organization to be very clever and user friendly. To me, it actually makes a lot more sense, since (as they point out) all the charts you need at a given time are close together. I also like this same arrangement in the MSA.
Guess you can't please all the people all the time!
- Rick
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- Rick
14" LX200GPS
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Alvin Huey
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 10/18/05
Posts: 1565
Loc: NorCal
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Quote:
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The big advantage for me is having a "travel atlas" that fits in a brief case with other odd and ends.
My negative is the organization of sky charts, but I am getting use to it.
edj
Actually, I find the chart organization to be very clever and user friendly. To me, it actually makes a lot more sense, since (as they point out) all the charts you need at a given time are close together. I also like this same arrangement in the MSA.
Guess you can't please all the people all the time!
- Rick
I guess it depends on the individual...
Most Atlas goes left to right and this one goes top to bottom. It depends if one scans the sky from left to right or top to bottom. I personally prefer left to right...
The bottom line is that this is a minor issue and there is a "master" chart on the inside cover that points you to the correct page.
This Atlas is with me everytime I go out...and my old Sky Atlas 2000.0 (>20 years old) stays home now.
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Clear Skies,
Alvin #26
22" f/4.1 reflector, 30" f/4.3 StarMaster and Antares 6" f/6.5 on Orion SVP
FaintFuzzies | TAC | TAC-Sac
Edited by Alvin Huey (08/15/06 11:49 AM)
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btschumy
Think Astronomy
Reged: 04/13/04
Posts: 1113
Loc: Austin, TX, USA
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I really like chart 67 of the Sagittarius/Scutum region. In the summer I could almost go out with that chart alone and be content.
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Bill Tschumy
Where is M13? Freeware -- Add a new dimension to your observing.
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Tom L
Reged: 01/07/04
Posts: 29880
Loc: Sunny Oregon
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Well, I would have preferred for SAG and Scorpius to have been a little more user friendly (i.e. next to each other in the book) but then again, after I thought about it, I spent time in Sag and then spent time in Scorpius so it really is a nit pick. I give it a 9.5 out 10!
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Tom
Tele Vue 102mm f/8.6 on an EzTouch
Vixen 80mm f/5 A80SSWT on a grab-n-go mount
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desertstars
Deja moo
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 30423
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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The errors are so minor that it isn't worth waiting, really, unless you just have to have the perfect version. Besides, one of them anyway appears in its correct form on an adjoining chart. The error is mostly missing letters in the constellation name - big deal!
- Rick
I picked mine up a couple of months ago and it was error free. Sky Published was pretty quick to take care of this, it seems. If you go to source that has pretty good turnover (Amazon, for instance) you'll probably be okay.
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them. - Galileo Galilei
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kfred
Carpal Tunnel
Reged: 11/11/03
Posts: 2038
Loc: Dayton, Ohio
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So I take it - this atlas is a keeper?
Fred
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~Steph~
Texas Wildflower
Reged: 06/11/05
Posts: 21737
Loc: North Texas
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Seems to be the general consensus in all of the threads I've read... Is it the *only* atlas you'll ever need/want? Probably not. But it's a great little scope-side atlas that is very good at what it does for a small price.
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10" RCX400 ~~ 4" TV102 ~~ WO ZS80FD ~~ PST
Serenity Observatory
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jedimasterk
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Reged: 01/30/06
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I have and also like it allot. Listened to David Levy's show about it, before I got it. Very good reviews. But I'm not sure how well it will do with the dew. May have to remain in the house on those humid night's.
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csa/montana
Den Mother
Reged: 05/14/05
Posts: 30233
Loc: montana
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I've got several star atlas's, but have heard so many great reports on this one, guess I gotta get it! Thanks to all who have posted reports about it.
Carol
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Carol
AstroTech 16" Dob (Thanks ASTRONOMICS!)
AstroTech 66ED / Vixen 80MF/AstroTech Voyager
Masuyama's 7.5, 15, 25W, 35mm,
Tak LE 5mm B/TMB 3.2
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Craig L
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Reged: 05/10/03
Posts: 353
Loc: London, Ontario, Canada
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The errors are so minor that it isn't worth waiting, really, unless you just have to have the perfect version. Besides, one of them anyway appears in its correct form on an adjoining chart. The error is mostly missing letters in the constellation name - big deal!
- Rick
I picked mine up a couple of months ago and it was error free. Sky Published was pretty quick to take care of this, it seems. If you go to source that has pretty good turnover (Amazon, for instance) you'll probably be okay.
I ordered mine direct from S&T a month ago and it came without the errors. You should be ok to purchase it now and be assured that you'll get an updated copy.
Cheers,
- Craig
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Maxscope 40
90mm f13.8 ETX
102mm f8 AP APO
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