sky maps

[suntrack2]

are there any downloadable maps of the galaxies/nearer stars, and the detail star position map, secondly which books are helpful for study of stars? your advise. suggest sites+are there anyone who can provide catlogs?

[Dave Mitsky]

Cartes du Ciel is an excellent planetarium program and, what's more, it's free.

http://www.stargazing.net/astropc/

Another free planetarium program is Hallo Northern Sky.

http://www.hnsky.org/software.htm

I find this site to be both helpful and fascinating:

http://anzwers.org/free/universe/index.html

I suggest that you obtain a planisphere (star wheel) and an inexpensive magnitude six star atlas like Wil Tirion's _Bright Star Atlas 2000.0_ as well as books such as Terence Dickinson's _Nightwatch_ , Phil Harrington's _Starwatch_ and the Peterson Field Guide _Stars and Planets_.

Dave Mitsky

[Charlie in Dayton]

Ran across these recently...freebies, downloadable/printable in B&W or color (your choice), and down to mag 7...

http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=1052

I have 'em saved to my desktop in a folder, for quick reference when perusing various astro-sites...

[suntrack2]

Thanks Dave Mitsky and Cidney, for the nice information you have provided, well Dave the names of the atlas not found the book stores, I think they are rare one?
there is a common theme about the reading of contents make the brain more acknoledge about the verious truths of the universe, and atlas reading is also make a great sense if we want to teach others, it was the time in my childhood when the elder brother told me by looking in the sky that , this is venus, this is jupiter, this is saturn by looking towards their position, he also told that how to guess the north/south/west/east by looking towards the star position, today we are looking there is vast information available in the books,atlas,sites, and other encyclopedias about the stars positions and the changes in the sky. but sometime i fall one question that how the navigation of the stars and galaxies is difficult.

[RUF]

I use Star Trax. It is a planetarium-type program I found online long ago.

[Dave Mitsky]

Originally posted by suntrack2@May 3 2005, 02:31 PM
Thanks Dave Mitsky and Cidney, for the nice information you have provided, well Dave the names of the atlas not found the book stores, I think they are rare one?

Edit
I'm not sure but I believe that you're asking whether Tirion's _BSA 2000.0_ is hard to find. This is not the case in the United States. You could always buy one from an online site. Other beginning atlases to consider are_Edmund's Mag 6 Atlas_, Tirion's _The Cambridge Star Atlas_, and even _Norton's Star Atlas 2000.0_.

http://skyandtelescope.com/shopatsky/categ...6+Globes&Page=5 (http://skyandtelescope.com/shopatsky/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=SkyPub&category%5Fname=Atlases%2C+Maps+%26+Globes&Page=5)

http://observers.org/beginner/atlases.html

http://observers.org/beginner/paperatlases.html

http://www.oras.org/pub.htm

http://www.cloudynights.com/books/books-beginners.htm


Dave Mitsky

[suntrack2]

Oh! thanx Dave.
unless and untill if we i mean the sky observers don't know that where to go, the observation become a vain, thank you once again for the information provided, is there another information, we have just routine sky map on earth, is there a different sky maps of the universe, of II nd universe, of III rd universe !

sunil

[Sid Wilson]

Hi
I use Skymaps.com (http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html), you can subscibe here and be sent a free notification every month when a new map is available.

Sid.

[suntrack2]

Oh ! Sid, fine thanks for your suggestions, thanks once again


sunil

[aeolus]

I once saw a chart that showed the distances of the 4 Galilean Satellites of Jupiter as they change through time, day-by-day, but I can't seem to find an updated version on the net. Anyone know where I can get a hold of one? It looks like 4 sine curves going down/across the page, each with a different amplitude & period, representing each moon and it's respective distance from Jupiter.

If someone could help direct me to somewhere that has this, I'd be so happy and thankful.

[suntrack2]

thanks aeolous, only dave Mitskycan can advice in this regard of that map"

[Dave Mitsky]

These sites may be of some use:

http://www.projectpluto.com/jevent.htm

http://www.cpither.freeserve.co.uk/jupiter...#39;s_moons.htm (http://www.cpither.freeserve.co.uk/jupiter's_moons.htm)

http://www.shallowsky.com/jupiter.html

http://skyandtelescope.com/printable/obser...article_833.asp (http://skyandtelescope.com/printable/observing/objects/planets/article_833.asp)

Dave Mitsky

[aeolus]

Perfect, Dave. Thank you so much for the links, they're exactly what I was looking for. The "Juplet" is especially neat.

[suntrack2]

that's nice aeolous, finally you got that, (map)! is it that secreat map of jupiter?

[zephyr46]

Always a favorite of mine, Extreme Celestial Objects (http://solstation.com/x-objects.htm) page at Solstation.com (http://solstation.com/).

:)