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The Observer’s
Sky Atlas
Third Edition
E. Karkoschka
The Observer’s
Sky Atlas
With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
Third Edition
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E. Karkoschka
Lunar and Planetary Lab
Space Sciences Building
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA
Cover photograph:
Based on a photograph by the author, it shows the southwest part of the
constellation Sagittarius together with the brightest Milky Way clouds. North is to the upper left.
The red nebula near the left edge is the Lagoon Nebula M8. Many other objects can be identified
with the help of chart E20.
Frontispiece:
The sword of Orion, containing the Orion Nebula. Looking at it with a large
telescope on a dark night gives one of the grandest views in the universe. The faint reflection
nebula NGC 1973 lies half way up to the top of the photograph where the stellar group NGC 1981
can be seen.
With 50 star charts, 245 black and white photographs, and 6 line drawings.
Title of the original German edition: Atlas für Himmelsbeobachter
© Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung, W. Keller & Co., KOSMOS-Verlag, Stuttgart 1988
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007927938
ISBN-13: 978-0-387-48537-9
e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-48539-3
Printed on acid-free paper.
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