"Ratboy99" wrote in message
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I've had about enough of that and am getting back to where I started which
is
Skiff and Tirion's "Bright Star Atlas".

I'm with you. I've got a bunch of computer generated lists from DS2002, as
well as NSOG and SA2000. I've even imported to Excel and sorted the NGC-MAX
database by constellation, but recently I've discovered the beauty of the
simplicity of the BSA. It has lists on the left page and the maps on the
opposing right. IIRC, it's somewhere in the vicinity of an 11" x 14" book of
maybe 30 pages or so. Real thin, and easily held in the lap while seated at
the eyepiece.

Cheesy cover, but very good content. This is one case where you really can't
judge the book by its cover.

Stephen Paul
Shirley, MA