I guess the interactivity of apps like Sky Safari Pro 4 are much more useful that the kindle version of S&T. My paper version of the S&T pocket sky atlas sis well thumbed. If Mods think it is not, please feel free to move it somewhere else. Not sure whether this is the right section for this thread. I suspect one needs a 12" for covering all of them, so possibly the number of reported DSO is sufficient. I cannot speak for the number of DSO as I am limited on many of these targets. Instead, for this Jumbo edition, I would have thought that having more stars (possibly down to mag 9) was worth. Of course for the size of the standard pocket edition, having more stars might make the atlas too dense, so possibly for its size, it is just perfect! I never felt the standard edition to be overcrowded with objects to be honest whereas in a few occasions I felt having more stars would have been helpful. Said this, I am not sure whether just resizing the page is enough though. I think the S&T pocket star atlas is an excellent resource and having a larger edition seems a sensible idea to me. Personally, I like the idea of this more desk-oriented edition. Galaxies are still indicated in red.Īs of 5th Dec '15 the current price is $23.99 ( ) There is no change in page content, except for the inclusion of 6 new close-up charts at the end (regions in Monoceros, Cygnus, Sagittarius, and Scorpius, plus galaxy-rich fields in Ursa Major and Leo). In summary, this is the equivalent of the Sky & Telescope Pocket star atlas, but pages measuring 8x11 inches. I thought it was interesting to point out this new edition of the pocket star atlas, which is used by many of us, here on SGL.
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