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This is a great little atlas packed to the gills with information and charts. I have another copy of this star atlas and is great to use at the telescope. I ordered a second copy which came on time and in excellent condition from Amazon, but it seems the publisher, Springer, made an error in the atlas. Although the Key to the Star Atlas is listed in the Table of Contents for page 164, it is missing in the back. There is no page 164. I will either contact Amazon for a return or contact Springer and see what they want to do.
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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 123 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 © Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung, W. Keller & Co., KOSMOS-Verlag, Stuttgart 1988 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. © 2007, 1999, 1990 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC All rights reserved. This work may not