The Bright Star Atlas 2000.0 is an inexpensive atlas that's easy to use and is appropriate for binoculars and small aperture telescopes. (Also worth considering is the Edmund Mag 6 Star Altas.) Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas is a bit more expensive but goes "deeper" and is very handy to use in the field. The next step up would be the magnitude 8.5 Sky Atlas 2000.0.

For further information, see http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/netw...aratlases.html

Dave Mitsky

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