Erich Karkoschka
Author of The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
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- Birthdate
- 1955-06-11
- Occupations
- astronomer
- Organizations
- University of Arizona
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The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts… by Erich Karkoschka
This book is not about constellations so much as objects such as clusters, nebula and individual stars. Many of the constellations are spread out over several pages as the book focuses on sky regions with interesting objects.
So good I own two: one for the desk and the other for the field.
A superlative guide for the advanced beginner and intermediate amateur astronomer. Could be intimidating for the absolute beginner. This guide provides a brief introductory section, "Explanatory Notes", which serves as the instruction manual to well organized charts arranged by Northern Sky, Equatorial, and Southern Sky.
The greater part of this observer's atlas consists of two pages for each star chart:
- verso - details the brighter deepsky objects and stellar objects that are within the reach of small scopes and binoculars. Once one becomes accustomed to the codes used it easy and quick to capture the information (the Explanatory Notes section clearly describes the how-to).
- recto - contains the star chart with the area of interest highlighted. Additional insets of "magnified" sections show where each of the objects labeled on the verso is located. One can easily starhop using these charts. Chart numbers of neighboring sections to the current chart enable one to easily navigate to the right page to follow the sky in any direction.… (more)
A superlative guide for the advanced beginner and intermediate amateur astronomer. Could be intimidating for the absolute beginner. This guide provides a brief introductory section, "Explanatory Notes", which serves as the instruction manual to well organized charts arranged by Northern Sky, Equatorial, and Southern Sky.
The greater part of this observer's atlas consists of two pages for each star chart:
- verso - details the brighter deepsky objects and stellar objects that are within the reach of small scopes and binoculars. Once one becomes accustomed to the codes used it easy and quick to capture the information (the Explanatory Notes section clearly describes the how-to).
- recto - contains the star chart with the area of interest highlighted. Additional insets of "magnified" sections show where each of the objects labeled on the verso is located. One can easily starhop using these charts. Chart numbers of neighboring sections to the current chart enable one to easily navigate to the right page to follow the sky in any direction.… (more)
Although I have star atlases that are far more comprehensive, this is the one I have used at my telescope most often. It is an excellent example of how to cram a great deal of information into a small space (and pretty artfully, too). It's the ideal star atlas to pack with you for trips and so on: a marvel of concision!
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