Astronomy magazine's Atlas of the Stars is a must-have for anyone who wants to learn the constellations, find the brightest stars, and view the best deep-sky objects. This easy-to-use issue shows everything you can see in the night sky with the naked eye or with a small telescope. - Contains 87,000 stars down to magnitude 8.5. - Has more than 1,200 deep-sky objects. - Enjoy more than 100 high-quality photographs of celestial objects. - 100 packed pages with accurate and easy-to read star maps and informative articles.
Tour the night sky
ATLAS GLOSSARY
The Queen’s clusters
THE GREEK ALPHABET AND STAR MAPS
THE END OF THE NEW GENERAL CATALOGUE
The Bear’s realm
SKY POSITIONS AND COORDINATES
“DIPPER” DISTANCES
Celestial sampler
THE MAGNITUDE SYSTEM
The Princess’ sky
All around Auriga
Winter galaxies
THE MESSIER OBJECTS — 109 DEEP-SKY TREATS
Bright galaxies
A showpiece globular
THE CALDWELL OBJECTS
Flying with the Swan
An ocean of galaxies
Nights of the Hunter
BEYOND THE CONSTELLATION FIGURES
The Lion’s galaxies
Realm of the nebulae
Globular central
BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN: ASTROLOGY
Swimming with stars
The sky’s Furnace
South of the Dog Star
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE: OBSERVING DOUBLE STARS
Spring’s Water Snake
CLOUDS OF COLOR: OBSERVING NEBULAE
Wolf and Centaur
BEACONS IN THE DARK: OBSERVING STAR CLUSTERS
Our galaxy’s heart
Southern galaxies
STAR CITIES IN THE UNIVERSE: OBSERVING GALAXIES
Clouds of Magellan
HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF STAR PARTIES AND OBSERVING SESSIONS
Southern jewels
REMOTE OBSERVING: WHEN YOU’RE READY TO HEAD TO A DARK-SKY SITE
Faint southern stars