The Observer’s Sky Atlas
With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
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Introduction
Can you remember being impressed by a clear starry sky? Look at the Milky Way
through binoculars and it will reveal its many hundreds of thousands of stars, double
stars, stellar clusters, and nebulae. If you are a new observer, it is not that easy to find
your way in this swarm of stars, but this atlas tries to make it as easy as possible. So
now it is not just experienced amateurs that can enjoy looking at the heavens.
Two additional observing aids are recommended. The first is a planisphere, where
one can dial in the time and day in order to see which constellations are visible and
where they are in the sky. The second is an astronomical yearbook listing the current
positions of the planets and all important phenomena.
So, let us begin our journey around the night sky, and see what the universe can
reveal to us!