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STAR ATLASES
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Pocket Sky Atlas
Pocket Sky Atlas

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A compact star atlas featuring 80 star charts, stars to mag. 7.6, and 1,500 deep-sky objects.
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Sky Atlas 2000.0
Sky Atlas 2000.0
Deluxe Edition

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The best-selling star atlas for amateur astronomers. Over 81,000 stars (mag. 8.5) and 2,700 deep-sky objects on 26 21x16-inch fold-out charts.
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35 Customer Reviews

The Cambridge Double Star Atlas
Cambridge Double Star Atlas

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The first modern star atlas devoted to double and multiple stars
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5 Customer Reviews

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Norton's Star Atlas
Cambridge Star Atlas
The Observer's Sky Atlas
Millennium Star Atlas
Atlas of the Moon

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PLANISPHERES


The Night Sky Planisphere

All sky watchers need a planisphere to quickly show the stars and constellations for any date and time.
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21 Customer Reviews

Night Sky Editions
Latitude 20° to 30° North
Latitude 30° to 40° North
Latitude 40° to 50° North
Latitude 50° to 60° North
Southern Hemisphere
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ASTRO SOFTWARE

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Starry Night Pro

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Award-winning sky simulation software for Windows XP and Mac OS X. Recreate the night sky on a computer plus much, much more...
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  The Evening Sky Map

The Evening Sky Map (front) The Evening Sky Map (back)

The Evening Sky Map (PDF) is a 2-page monthly guide to the night sky suitable for all sky watchers including newcomers to Astronomy.

Designed to print clearly on all printers, The Evening Sky Map is ready-to-use and will help you to:

  • Identify planets, stars and major constellations
  • Find sparkling star clusters, wispy nebulae & distant galaxies
  • Locate and follow bright comets across the sky
  • Learn about the night sky and Astronomy

Read some of the fantastic feedback we have received.

The Evening Sky Map is FREE for personal non-commercial educational use. Astronomy Education and Outreach groups may freely distribute printed handouts of The Evening Sky Map subject to the Terms of Use.

The Evening Sky Map remains free of charge thanks to donations and sales from Skymaps.com/store/. Please consider supporting The Evening Sky Map. Thank you.

Be Supportive!

With the help of a team of volunteers, The Evening Sky Map is being translated into several languages in this International Year of Astronomy. Participants in IYA2009 events can freely copy and distribute printed handouts of the The Evening Sky Map to the general public.

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Click the links below to download the latest issues in PDF format.
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The Evening Sky Map
Northern Hemisphere Edition

Drawn for latitude 40° North (suitable for North America, Europe, China, Japan, ...)

July 2009 PDF downloads:

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Sky Calendar links

June 2009 PDF downloads:

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The Evening Sky Map
Equatorial Edition

Drawn for latitude 0° (suitable for Central America, Central Africa, Indonesia, Singapore, ...)

July 2009 PDF downloads:

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Sky Calendar links

June 2009 PDF downloads:

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Sky Calendar links

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The Evening Sky Map
Southern Hemisphere Edition

Drawn for latitude 35° South (suitable for Australia, Southern Africa, South America, ...)

July 2009 PDF downloads:

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Sky Calendar links

June 2009 PDF downloads:

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Sky Calendar links

Past issues are not available at present.


Need Some Help?

 • View & Print: Download and install the free Adobe Reader.
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TESM Translation Team:

 • Spanish: Alfredo González Sosa, Mexico City, Mexico.
 • French: Stephane Dumas, Québec City, Canada.
 • Portuguese (Brazil): Gilberto Parreira, João Monlevade, Brazil.
 • Turkish: Arif Solmaz, Çanakkale, Turkey.
 • Portuguese: Ricardo Cardoso Reis, Portugal.

Podcast: Astronomy a Go Go!
In the car, at work or under the night time sky astronomy goes where you go!

Alice Few presents a monthly audible tour of the night sky using The Evening Sky Map. No fancy language.

Links: AaGG WebsiteAaGG iTunes

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NEW ASTRO BOOKS


Star Maps: History, Artistry, and Cartography

New 2nd Printing
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Traces the history of celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing ideas of Man's place in the Universe and to advances in map-making.
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Choosing & Using a New CAT

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Get the most from your Schmidt Cassegrain or any catadioptric telescope in a friendly but authoritative fashion.
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Atlas of the Messier Objects

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Video interview with author
Atlas of the Messier Objects is more comprehensive, detailed, and beautiful than any other book showcasing the objects cataloged by Charles Messier.
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New 4th Edition

Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

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Best first Astronomy book. A 5-star best seller. Includes a set of star charts. Latest edition.
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99 Customer Reviews

More New Books
Cambridge Double Star Atlas
Digital Astrophotography
Observing Night Sky w/Binocs

ASTRO POSTERS

Map of Universe -- star charts poster (click for larger view)
Map of the Universe

35" x 35"
Large glow-in-the-dark star chart showing stars & classical constellation figures of the northern sky (to 45°S).
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Our Solar System
Our Solar System

36" x 24"
Best-selling Solar System poster.
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Star Charts & Maps
Digital Image Prints
2009 Calendars


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