The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas

A mosaic of the entire sky, unparalleled in detail and completeness, an indispensable atlas for visual observers and astrophotographers.

Axel Mellinger (Author), Ronald Stoyan (Author)

9781107013469, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 September 2011

186 pages, 164 colour illus.
34.5 x 25.7 x 1.7 cm, 1.41 kg

'… the most beautiful star atlas of modern times … What a perfect tool for cloudy-night star gazing! And a fine reference book for the historian.' Journal for the History of Astronomy

Using the latest methods in digital photography and image processing, The Cambridge Photographic Star Atlas presents the whole sky through large-scale photographic images with corresponding charts. Each double-page spread shows a section of the night sky and is accompanied by an inverted chart highlighting and naming double stars, variable stars, open clusters, galactic and planetary nebulae, globular clusters and galaxies. The 82 large-scale charts, with a scale of 1° per cm, identify over 1500 deep-sky objects and 2500 stars. Providing a giant mosaic of the entire sky, this unique atlas is unparalleled in detail and completeness, making it indispensable for visual observers and astrophotographers.

Preface
1. User's guide
2. How the atlas was compiled
3. 82 charts of the entire sky
4. Index of labelled objects.

Subject Areas: Astronomy, space & time [PG], Mathematics & science [P]