The standard against which all other star atlases are measured, this best-selling atlas has been completely revised and updated! Each version of Sky Atlas 2000.0 contains 26 charts covering the whole sky and showing 81,312 single, multiple, and variable stars of magnitude 8.5 and brighter and 2,700 deep-sky objects. Includes close-up charts of such areas as the celestial poles and the Virgo-Coma galaxy region, as well as an acetate coordinate-grid overlay for determining accurate positions. A must for any stargazer!
Publisher: Sky Publishing
ISBN-10 0933346336
ISBN-13 9780933346338
Book Title: Sky Atlas 2000.O Deluxe
Author: Wil Tirion
Format: Spiral
Language: English
Topic: Sky Observation
Publication Year: 1981
Genre: Nature
Wil Tirion is a Dutch uranographer. His most famous work, Sky Atlas 2000.0, is renowned by astronomers for its accuracy and beauty. The second edition of his most complete work, Uranometria 2000.0, was published in 2001 by Willmann-Bell. He is also responsible for the sky charts found in many other publications.
