Greetings and Happy Monday... I am seeking a book/map/chart that I can use while stargazing with the scope. Here is what I would like in such a product: a. Star charts - a full two page spread of each constellation with plenty of detail. b. No, none, zero, zip, zilch explanations of types of stars, black holes, planets, etc., etc. etc. I have plenty of books on those topics. c. Loose leaf, spiral bound, or folded. Something that will lay flat without busting the binding. d. No batteries, no keyboards, no screens, no antennas, no buttons, just paper. I am new to astronomy but I expect my efforts will be along these lines: a. Zero, if any, scanning the skies hoping to find something (too much to find) b. Create an observation plan and work it. In other words, I expect to have specific targets in mind each night. The book/map/chart I've described above will be used to find the target objects. Now, while I am an engineer geek type, I am, also, a nostalgic old Geezer and I fancy myself hunting for objects the way they did before computers. To me, half the fun of looking at an object is finding it. Hey, I found M57 last night in nearly full moonlight. I did cheat a bit and used a green laser point mounted on my DOB. Smack dab dead on. I was impressed. Your mileage may vary. Jim Harvey, aka... -- Watch 'Yer Top Knot and Keep Your Powder Dry, James Richard Harvey - The Wyoming Geezer The Great Curmudgeon AKA El Gran Cascarrabias AKA J. Peter Fudpucker Hunkered down on Planet Earth "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." *Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (1881 - 1958), As quoted in the epigraph in **Fahrenheit 451* <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451>* (1953) by **Ray Bradbury * <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury>*;* I HEARTILY ACCEPT the motto, - "That government is best which governs least"; and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I believe, - "That government is best which governs not at all"; *Henry David Thoreau - "Civil Disobedience"* *NOTE TO NSA and DHS: *Nothing in this email is, in any way, either by subtle reference or direct statement, intended to be taken out of context as a threat to Homeland Security or the Thought Police. I am not the Droid you are looking for. Please tell the Ministry of Truth and the Messiah President Barack Hussein Obama II that I am one of the good guys and pray for a helping hand. Send checks to my address on file.