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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

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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