You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Speciality Forums >> Stellar Media Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 desertstars Deja moo Reged: 11/05/03 Posts: 30057 Loc: Tucson, AZ Free Star Atlases       #814237 - 02/07/06 05:46 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   No, really, these are available for download. Take a look... The Mag-7 Star Atlas Project - Andrew Johnson Taki's 8.5 Magnitude Star Atlas Taki's 6.5 Magnitude Star Atlas CNebulaX Project These may not exactly replace the large published atlases, but these should keep you busy for a long time while you decide which atlas to buy - or whether to go with a printed atlas at all... Allow me to express our collective gratitude to the people responsible for these resources. Your hard work and generosity are greatly appreciated! -------------------- Tom W. SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor Under the Desert Stars Alcohol and calculus do not mix. Please don't drink and derive. Edited by desertstars (04/28/06 11:09 AM) Post Extras:       Rick Woods Post Laureate Reged: 01/27/05 Posts: 4319 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: Free Star Atlases [Re: desertstars]       #824377 - 02/14/06 07:46 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   My observing buddies and I each printed the Mag 7 atlas and put it in plastic page protectors so we could write on them. We use them for planning purposes all the time, they're excellent for that. And they have the constellation outlines, which I find handy. I second your gratitude! - Rick -------------------- - Rick 14" LX200GPS 8" Meade 826C Post Extras:       Starman1 Vendor - Scope City Reged: 06/24/03 Posts: 10962 Loc: Los Angeles Re: Free Star Atlases [Re: Rick Woods]       #892624 - 03/30/06 04:30 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Mr. Johnson's atlas, additionally, has, for the novice, the advantage of having the constellation stick figures drawn in. This makes atlas page identification possible at a glance--a very nice touch. Don -------------------- Don Pensack 12.5" Truss Dob, 5" Maksutov Sustaining Lifetime IDA member, TeleVue junkie Post Extras:       Rick Woods Post Laureate Reged: 01/27/05 Posts: 4319 Loc: Inner Solar System Re: Free Star Atlases [Re: Starman1]       #892661 - 03/30/06 04:51 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Another nice touch: using the page protectors and putting the charts back-to-back, you can rearrange them so that the majority of them are two-page charts. This makes it that much more useful. - Rick -------------------- - Rick 14" LX200GPS 8" Meade 826C Post Extras:       desertstars Deja moo Reged: 11/05/03 Posts: 30057 Loc: Tucson, AZ Re: Free Star Atlases [Re: Rick Woods]       #932205 - 04/28/06 11:11 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Please note that a link to José R. Torres' "CNebulaX" project (as seen in the Deep Sky Observing forum) has been added to the list of free atlases. -------------------- Tom W. SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor Under the Desert Stars Alcohol and calculus do not mix. Please don't drink and derive. Post Extras:       chexmix sage Reged: 12/01/04 Posts: 346 Loc: Arlington, MA, USA Re: Free Star Atlases [Re: desertstars]       #1024738 - 07/01/06 10:51 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I started a Yahoo! group for this software after exchanging a couple of emails with Senor Torres: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CNebulaX/ If anyone is interested please sign up - there's not been a lot of activity on it ...! :^) Thanks, Glenn Becker http://www.astronomyblogs.com/member/starsoverbrooklyn/ Post Extras:       desertstars Deja moo Reged: 11/05/03 Posts: 30057 Loc: Tucson, AZ Re: Free Star Atlases [Re: chexmix]       #1025460 - 07/01/06 09:32 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   That's because they're all busy reading our blogs... -------------------- Tom W. SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor Under the Desert Stars Alcohol and calculus do not mix. Please don't drink and derive. 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