Seth, There is a real romance and usefulness to the "old fashioned" star charts. I still use my Skalnate Pleso epoch 1950 charts. They work extremely well. They don't require charged batteries, and can be consulted in any location whether the internet is present or not, and you don't need to download an app. I'll take paper any time! The Tirion atlas seems to be the best at this time. It is my second choice only because I am more familiar with the S-P. My S-P is also autographed by John Dobson with a neat inscription. It also contains some interesting self mad scribbles on some of the charts. How do you do that on an iPad? Brent From: Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> To: 'Utah Astronomy' <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 2, 2012 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Seeking Detailed Star Charts or Finding Stars The Old Fashioned Way I agree with Roger on the usefulness of Dickson's book "Night Watch." The book has great star charts and it is a spiral-bound book. We sell hundreds of copies of that book here each year. I've lately taken to giving away a copy of the book to folks who buy their first telescope from us (if I happen to be the guy selling the telescope). That said, it doesn't sound like what Jim Harvey is looking for. Sounds like Jim is looking for old-school he-man hard-core star charts. Jim, I've gotta ask - you do know we're now well into the 21st Century, right? Have you seen what you can do with a laptop or an iPad where star charts are concerned? ;) I'll ask my store manager what he's seen along the lines of old-school hard-core start charts. If I find anything I'll post it here. Seth -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of erikhansen@thebluezone.net Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 3:29 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Seeking Detailed Star Charts or Finding Stars The Old Fashioned Way
Tirion Sky Atlas probably the closest to your specs. Available from SkyPublishing and maybe the Clark Planetarium. Seth?