Jim Curry
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Brian:
Amen to that, brother! It is frustrating to have to make the visual leap in the dark across the open book to pick up where you left off. I'm glad to hear they changed that aspect of the format.
Jim
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Dave Mitsky
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Many thanks for the feedback guys. Jeff: I wasn't aware of a material difference between the 2 U2000 editions, I'm still using my first set.
They are two completely different atlases published in the same format. The second has slightly fewer stars, but plotted to a much more consistent limit. It has vastly more deep-sky objects, and a whole new set of intermediate-scale charts.
Also in the new version of U2000 the charts span two facing pages each, instead of each page being an individual chart, and they are numbered left-to-right. Hallelujah! 
The original version certainly was frustrating to use at times.
Dave Mitsky
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Chance favors the prepared mind.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
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Downward Bound
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Reged: 03/29/06
Posts: 2135
Loc: Seattle
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I have the Sky Atlas 2000.0 - Field laminated version but I rarely use it. I generally only use the Sky & Tel Pocket Sky Atlas.
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Bill
'flector: Vixen R200SS, Webster 22" f/3.6 (on order)
'fractors: TV-85, NP-127, PST-2X
Orion 15x63, Minox 10x52 HG, GO 22x85 HD
Sphinx, Telepod, EZ Touch, G-11 (waiting)
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insinu8
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Reged: 01/22/08
Posts: 362
Loc: Sunnyvale, CA
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I use the S&T Pocket Atlas and Sky Atlas 2000.0 (laminated) in the field but I use NSOG and 2nd Ed. Uranometria at home to research things before going out and after coming in.
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Christopher
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AT66ED
ED80
120ST (Moonlit)
NP127is
TMB 130SS
MN55 (Moonlit)
150MCT
TEC160ED (DOB: 11.06.08)
SN8
MN86
C9.25 (Moonlit)
XT10 Dob
Obsession 18"UC
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Carol L
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Posts: 5880
Loc: Tomahawk, WI 45N//89W
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 Definitely the Millennium Star Atlas (hard cover set).
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8"SCT ~ 120achro ~ 90Mak ~ 80ST ~ 11x70s ~ 22x100s
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Alvin Huey
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Posts: 1537
Loc: NorCal
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My favorite is my own. 
I make my own and take those out on the field with me. I use Megastar and DSS images and put them together...then coil bind them together with a hard cover.
My current "star atlases" are
Abell Galaxy Clusters (>100 AGC's)
Planetary Nebulae (>350)
Globular Clusters (everything above -50 dec)
Small Galaxy Groups
Galaxy Trios
Shakbhazian Groups (~66 of ~380)
Local Group galaxies (including details about the galaxy, such as globs, H-II regions, OC's, etc)
Before an observing session(s), I use sticky note tabs to flag the stuff I want to observe....generally more than what I can handle on any given night, so I can just select that ones I feel like going after.
Everything I need is one a one or two page spread...from naked eye, all the way down to the group. No need to flip any pages during the "seek, investigate and destroy". Main drawback is that if I wanted to see...say NGC 1234. I won't have a handy one.
For those...I have the current set of Uranometria in my star chart box...pulled it out only twice since I got them about 4 years ago.
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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
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Fiske
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Loc: Missouri / United States
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Alvin:
Do you have any pictures of your custom star atlases? Sounds really cool! 
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Fiske Miles
Nikon 8x42 LX / 12x50 SE Binos
Mini Borg 60ED, TV-101, AT80Ach, XT-8, C11/CI-700, 22-Inch Dob
Way too many Nagler eyepieces
http://www.fiskemiles.blogspot.com/
www.fiskemiles.com
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astrokido
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Reged: 06/09/08
Posts: 274
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
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I've gotten used to printing my own custom charts (sig link) that I can make notes on and mark where I took each photo of the sky during an AP session. Then I throw the charts away when I don't need them anymore. If I had a fancy printed atlas I'd over-protect it and never take it outside!
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Nikon D40 Bushnell 10x25 Zhumell 20x80 Celestron Cometron CO-100 binochair CN gallery
skyatlas.rgbstore.com - free charts & more cool stuff
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NerfMonkey
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Reged: 06/12/08
Posts: 205
Loc: NE Ohio
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The only one I've used - S&T Pocket Atlas. It's not intimidating and it shows enough objects to keep me happy. I might eventually want more detailed charts for dark sky excursions but when I can only get down to mag 4.5 naked eye the charts are perfect for binocs or an 8x50 finder scope.
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Mike
71 Messiers
155 total DSOs
6 planets
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Rick Woods
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Reged: 01/27/05
Posts: 4318
Loc: Inner Solar System
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My old SA2000 (1st ed) white-on-black, only because it was my first one and I'm comfortable with it.
I keep a U2000 in the observatory, a Pocket Sky Atlas in an eyepiece case, and a Bright Star Atlas in my accessory box. So no matter what configuration of stuff I use, there's at least one atlas in there somewhere. (All others stay in the house for the most part).
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- Rick
14" LX200GPS
8" Meade 826C
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Alvin Huey
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Loc: NorCal
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Alvin:
Do you have any pictures of your custom star atlases? Sounds really cool!
Actually I made several available to observers in a couple links...it started at the GSSP (Golden STate Star Party) website
Here they are.
Local Group
Shakhbazian Groups
I'll need to look up the other two; Small Galaxy Groups and Galaxy Trios.
Recommend printing on both sides.
I'm about to release pdfs for Globs and Planetaries very soon.
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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
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Fiske
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Posts: 2057
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Thanks Alvin! Very nice.
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Fiske Miles
Nikon 8x42 LX / 12x50 SE Binos
Mini Borg 60ED, TV-101, AT80Ach, XT-8, C11/CI-700, 22-Inch Dob
Way too many Nagler eyepieces
http://www.fiskemiles.blogspot.com/
www.fiskemiles.com
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deepsky
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Reged: 12/04/05
Posts: 210
Loc: oregon
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Actually I made several available to observers in a couple links...it started at the GSSP (Golden STate Star Party) website
Here they are.
Local Group
Shakhbazian Groups
I'll need to look up the other two; Small Galaxy Groups and Galaxy Trios.
Recommend printing on both sides.
I'm about to release pdfs for Globs and Planetaries very soon.
Thanks Allen- they definitely are appreciated. 
If one of Allen's atlas lists is not available for my program for the evening, I usually copy the relevant Uranometria page for star hopping at the eyepiece and print out Megastar charts for more complicated/ fainter quarry.
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jim jackson
Astroleague Observer Award junkie
Messier Club-Honorary
Lunar Club
Binocular Messier Club
Double Star Club
Herschel 400 Club
Urban Observing Club
Deep Sky Binocular Club
Caldwell Club Silver&Gold
Southern Sky Binocular Club
Southern Sky Telescopic Club
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Alvin Huey
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Loc: NorCal
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Here are the other two.
Small Galaxy Groups
Galaxy Trios
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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
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o1d_dude
o1der than dirt
Reged: 10/03/07
Posts: 1443
Loc: The Big Tomato, California
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At the most recent SVAS Star-B-Q up at Blue Canyon, there were several of Alvin's atlases on raffle table. I took the time to look at them before they started calling out the ticket numbers and was quite impressed.
Unfortunately by the time any of my ticket numbers were called, the atlases had all been claimed by prior winners.
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Kit
"There's only two things that excite a man, expensive toys and real expensive toys." - Red Green
* A bunch of old ATM stuff that cost me next to nothing
* A bunch of new commercial stuff that cost me an arm and a leg
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Alvin Huey
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Posts: 1537
Loc: NorCal
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Kit,
You go there? I used to stomp around BC, 'till about 8 years ago. I observe at a spot about 30-40 air miles SSE of BC and it is at least half a magnitude darker. It is off US50.
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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
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Downward Bound
Adrenaline Junkie
Reged: 03/29/06
Posts: 2135
Loc: Seattle
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Thanks Alvin!!!!! 
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Bill
'flector: Vixen R200SS, Webster 22" f/3.6 (on order)
'fractors: TV-85, NP-127, PST-2X
Orion 15x63, Minox 10x52 HG, GO 22x85 HD
Sphinx, Telepod, EZ Touch, G-11 (waiting)
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Paul_R
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Reged: 04/05/05
Posts: 1648
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Planetarium on a Palm PDA.
Incredibly versatile; allows one to zoom in, display Telrad or other fov indicators; add in additional catalogs (double stars, red stars, best of NGC, etc.), roll your own databases, etc. You can invert the screen so that it matches exactly what you're seeing in the eyepiece and star hop that way. You don't have to worry about wind, dew, atlas table, etc. Quite spiffy and amazingly useful. It's generally replaced my atlases in the field.
And it all fits into a shirt pocket!!
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