COMPARISON OF STAR ATLASEs
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John Pazmino
NYSkies Astronomy Inc
www.nyskies.org
nyskies@nyskies.org
2021 January 18
Introduction
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I Adapted this comparison table of star atlases from the
skymaps.com web, which has deep information on atlases and other
astronomy books. It compares only printed hardcopy, not digital,
atlases and is addiurnate as at 2020.
Thee atlases are at sale in major book stores and book-seller
webs. They are also sold in astronomy fairs, conventions, starparties.
A coupleatlases may be out of print but still available, mainly thru
the webs.
I omitted the price, given in the original table, because this
can spontaneously change and discounts, like for used copies, are
offered. In general the more detailed atlases are more expensive, as
suggested by the values of atlas features ion the second row.
In the second row the size of the charts is oldstyle 'inch',
denoted by the quote symbol. One inch is about 2.5cm. The overall size
of the atlas may be a couple centimeters larger.
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Choosing a star atlas can be a difficult task. We provide a
quick-look comparison chart of key features so you can select the
star atlas that's best for you.
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1st row: Atlas - Edition - Year - Author
2nd row: Magn - Stars - Objects - Charts - size - Scale (mm/deg)
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Star Maps for Beginners - 50th Ed - 1992 - Levitt & Marshall
4.5 - <900 - <10 - 12 - 11" x 8.5" - 1.0
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Sky Atlas for Small Telescopes - 3rd Ed - 2007 - Chandler &
Chandler
6.0 - 4,800 - <200 - 8 - 10" x 8" - 1.7
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DeepMap 600 - 2nd Ed - 2002 - Wil Tirion
5.5 - 2,500 - 600 - 1 sheet - 31" x 21" - 2.1
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Bright Star Atlas 2000.0 - 2nd Ed - 2001 - Tirion & Skiff
6.5 - 8,833 - 600+ - 10 charts - 11.1" x 7.8" - 2.4
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Norton's Star Atlas - 20th Ed - 2003 - Ian Ridpath (Editor)
6.5 - 8,800+ - 600+ - 9 charts - 15" x 10" - 3.2
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The Cambridge Star Atlas - 4th Ed - 2011 - Wil Tirion
6.5 - 8,800+ - 921 - 20 charts - 10.4" x 7.8" - 3.2
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The Observer's Sky Atlas - 3rd Ed - 2007 - Erich Karkoschka
6.0 - 4,800 - 250 - 50 charts- 5.5" x 8.25" - 2.5 & 10 (inserts)
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Pocket Sky Atlas - 1st Ed - 2006 (2nd,, 2020) - Rocger Sinnott
7.6 - 30,000+ - 1,500 - 80 charts - 9" x 6" - 5.0
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Pocket Sky Atlas - 1st Ed - 2016 (2nd, 2020O) - Roger Sinnott
7.6 - 30,000+ - 1,500 - 80 charts - 11.7" x 8.3" - 5.5
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Sky Atlas 2000.0 Deluxe - 2nd Ed - 1998, 2007 - Tirion & Sinnott
8.5 - 81,312 - 2,700 - 26 charts - 21" x 16" - 8.2
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Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas - 1st Ed - 2015 - Stoyan & Stephan
Schurig
9.5 - 201,719 - 14,835 - 114 charts - 10.2" x 11.0" - 15.0
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Uranometria 2000.0: Deep Sky Atlas - All Sky Edition - 2012 -
Tirion, Rappaport, & Remaklus
9.75 - 280,035 - 30,000+ - 220 charts - 18" x 12" - 18.5
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Uranometria 2000.0 (2 Vols.) - 2nd Ed - 2001 - Tirion, Rappaport,
& Remaklus
9.75 - 280,035 - 30,000+ - 259 charts - 18" x 12" - 18.5
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The Millennium Star Atlas - Softcover Ed - 2006 - Sinnott & Perryman
11.0 - 1,058,332 - 10,725 - 1,548 charts - 13" x 9.25" - 36.0
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