"n3drk" wrote in message
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Back in the 70's I ran across a spiraled bound atlas of the heavens. This
was quite large and had fold out charts and was in beautiful water colors.
Nebulas was one color, dust was another, different stars depending on their
magnitude another color, binary stars another color etc. catch my drift?
Printed on quality paper it was nice. But it is no longer available and I
believe it was called "Atlas of the Heavens"
I know they have this star atlas 2001 but don't know if it is like the
one mentioned in the paragraph above. Does anyone know or have experience
what I am talking about and was that the correct title of it in the 70's?
Can it be obtained today? Is there something comparable?
Thanks

john

Anton Becvar's Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens, maybe?
They went out of print around the mid 80's (sold by Sky Publishing).
I have two of the three with 1950 coordinates.
Do a google search and you might find an actual picture of one.

j.k.g.