A Unique

New Book

for

All Amateur Astronomers

308 pages
Large Format - 8.5x11"
laminated soft cover

It includes a master list of virtually all the best objects in the entire night sky (+90º to -90º declination) with large, high resolution images of every single object.

All of the images are scaled to the actual size that they will appear in the observers eyepiece.

The images include all of the 900+ objects listed in the 7 most popular observing catalogs (Messier, Caldwell, SAC, etc), 200+ Herschel objects, plus 90 additional new objects chosen by this author.

It also includes hourly visibility charts that not only show what’s visible tonight, but also at what time and in what region of sky. The observer simply picks the date and time to get a list of potential targets, then looks at the images to immediately determine which are the best to observe.
 
The book also contains 26 pages of 8.5"x11" sky maps for those who don’t have a GOTO telescope and navigate visually. For those who are unfamiliar with the sky coordinate system of Right Ascension and Declination, there is a basic review of the concepts and terms.
 
Many deep space objects are dim and hard to find. In such cases it is valuable to know the field of view of the observers eyepiece relative to the object so one can look for patterns in the star field. This problem is solved with eyepiece field of view overlay templates which can be overlaid on the images. The book describes how to make templates for any eyepiece and telescope combination from common, inexpensive materials,
 
For astrophotographers, the book describes how to make camera field of view overlay templates that can be overlaid on the images to determine what region of sky that the camera will capture.
 
And finally, there is also a brief discussion of the effects of light pollution on both visual observing and astrophotography.