![]() ![]() Toshimi Taki has produced the excellent " Taki's 8.5 Magnitude Star Atlas" which is a serious competitor for the commercial Uranometria atlas. Andrew Johnson's" Mag-7 Star Atlas Project" consists of wide-field charts include constellation figures and stellar designations and are highly recommended for learning the constellations. Both are free to download and make ideal complements to this Atlas. Special mention should be made of the excellent charts by Toshimi Taki and Andrew L. The Deep Sky Explorer Atlas is very much for the explorer. Those wishing to use charts showing an array of invisible lines, numbers and letters will find elsewhere a wide selection of star charts these include the Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas, the Cambridge Star Atlas, Uranometria 2000.0, and the Millenium Star Atlas. However, constellations are identified by their standard three-letter abbreviations as a minimal aid to orientation. ![]() The design philosophy of the Atlas was to depict the night sky as it is seen, without the clutter of constellation boundary lines, RA/Dec fiducial markings, or other labels. ![]()
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