The Concise Atlas of the Stars

by Serge Brunier

An innovative guide to the night sky. Most casual stargazers and amateur astronomers have limited time to spend on their hobby. Given the choice, they would prefer to spend their time viewing stars and constellations rather than trying to find or identify them. The Concise Atlas of the Stars uses transparency overlays for the full-page images of the night to identify the stars, nebulas, galaxies and the 15 most interesting constellations. Each constellation featured is presented as a full-page spread with a transparent overlay. Details A concealed wiro-binding allows the book to open flat at any page to keep hands free for adjusting a telescope. Attractively illustrated with clear star maps and spectacular photographs, this book will be consulted again and again The Concise Atlas of the Stars is an accurate and handy reference to the night sky.

Genres: Science

64 pages, Spiral-bound

First published October 6, 2001

Reviews

[P.K. Butler · Rating 3 out of 5]

Any good star gazing book has some feature that "sells" it, that is, an intriguing method of presenting information or star maps. The reason I like this reference is for its transparent overlay pages, where the overlay provides a white outline of the constellation with significant stars identified and named over a colored "backdrop" of the night sky as you would see it. However, the review of selected constellation is perhaps too "concise" in that the material provided seems more a "sampler" than an atlas.

[Angela Ogdie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked it. The way the constellations were presented makes it a lot easier to learn the constellations and the formatting is good.