The Art of Robert McCall: A Celebration of Our Future in Space

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Imaginative and serious........2000-02-20

Imaginative and serious is how I would describe this man's art, two words which rarely dance with each other in the realm of science fiction art these days.

This isn't the usual science fiction art you see; it is more based on the realistically possible than the utterly impossible (exceptions being a few paintings for Star Trek and such), lying somewhere in between the strange imagery of Wayne Barlowe and the illustrations of space shuttles and planets from your childhood school textbooks.

This includes various murals for NASA, science conventions, Disney's EPCOT, and even a church. Also included are some of his concept sketches and cover art for Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: Space Odyssey. While his art isn't as detailed as that of, for example, Frank Frazetta's or Richard Corben's--some of McCall's paintings seem almost possible to file under "impressionism"--he proves more imagination and dedication to the genre than either of the other two forementioned talents combined.

What I like most about Robert McCall's science fiction art is, as stated earlier, it being closer to what's actually possible, while still retaining the imaginative aspects. It only makes me eager for a future which will probably come decades after my generation becomes as old as our parents, one we will never live but our children might. Another plus is the introductory paragraphs by Ray Bradbury, basically interesting musings and anecdotes about Robert McCall and science/science fiction in general.

Excuse me while I go to the moon...

The art of Robert McCall : a celebration of our future in space / introduction by Ray Bradbury ; captions by Tappan King
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The art of Robert McCall : a celebration of our future in space / introduction by Ray Bradbury ; captions by Tappan King
Robert (1919-) McCall
Manufacturer: New York : Bantam Books
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ASIN: B000WASWQ2

THE ART OF ROBERT McCALL: A CELEBRATION OF OUR FUTURE IN SPACE
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THE ART OF ROBERT McCALL: A CELEBRATION OF OUR FUTURE IN SPACE
Tappan (Intro. by Ray Bradbury) King
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ASIN: B000J3V4CQ

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Art of Robert Mccall: A Celebration of Our Future In Space
Tappan King
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Screenprinting: The Complete Water-Based System
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The Complete Water-based System

Everything you need

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screenprinting

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Screenprinting: The Complete Water-Based System
Robert Adam , and Carol Robertson
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ASIN: 0500284253

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With clear step-by-step instructions and over 250 illustrations—most in full color—this is the definitive guide to fine-art water-based screenprinting.

Screenprinting has never been so popular—and the water-based process is the best way to do it. This practical and inspirational resource book explains and describes methods and materials that replace traditional toxic screenprinting systems. It is the modern option: safer, healthier, and more environmentally friendly, as well as quick to learn and accessible to all.

Whether you wish to print using photo stencils, paper stencils, or screen filler stencils, with opaque, translucent, metallic, pearlescent, or iridescent paints, on delicate Japanese paper, handmade bark paper, fabric, metal, or PVC, renowned practitioners and art educators Robert Adam and Carol Robertson show you how to do it.

The book covers every stage of the printing process and opens up new areas of creative possibilities, whether printing small editions or works for large-scale installations. From choosing which materials to use and how to use them, through setting up and equipping your own water-based screenprinting studio, to collating and presenting your finished prints, this comprehensive reference book—complete with glossary and list of international suppliers—is the only resource you'll ever need. 265 illustrations, 228 in color.

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The Complete Water-based System.......2007-09-06

A great general book for hobby artists but not quite what I was looking for at the time. It provided some great tips and information for the at home craftsperson, who wants to make one-off designs.

Recommend it for that purpose highly.

Everything you need.......2007-07-12

This is an excellent resource for anyone who is interested in screenprinting. Not only does it review great safety tips and technqiues but there are many inspiriational images which show the full potential of screen printing.

great book.......2007-03-09

this book is a good book if you would like to get into screen printing. this book focuses more on the art of screen printing(art prints etc..)and not t shirts. if you wantto print tshirts, get scott fresners book on screen printing. this book covers alot of ground and its detailed quite well.doesnt tell you how to separate colors using a computer.

screenprinting.......2006-04-01

Good basic info for beginning screenprinters and more advanced screenprinters who want to set up their own studio.

this book is fine.......2006-02-17

I liked how this book provides an overall idea about the screenprinting techniques but it's definitely not something very very detailed for someone who wants the nitty gritty details about all techniques.

Water-Based Screenprinting Today: From Hands-On Techniques to Digital Technology

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The author works "with you" and doesn't talk "down to you"
Great Teaching Tool

Water-Based Screenprinting Today: From Hands-On Techniques to Digital Technology
Roni Henning
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ASIN: 0823057283
Release Date: 2006-10-01

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• Spotlights "green" technology, safe for all artists • Distinguished author has worked with Andy Warhol, Red Grooms, Romare Bearden, and other top artists • Techniques range from the traditional hands-on to the latest in digital screenprinting

For many years, screenprinting was oil-based—and presented significant health risks even as it damaged the environment. Today, fortunately, screenprinting has shifted to water-based technologies. Now Roni Henning, a leading expert on screenprinting, offers her tips and techniques for getting the most out of these safer, "greener" water-based methods ranging from the traditional hands-on methods to the latest digital technology. She explains separations and color correcting, then discusses the artist-printmaker collaboration, giving intriguing examples from her own work with such luminaries as Andy Warhol, Red Grooms, and Romare Bearden. Henning also offers step-by-step instructions for monoprinting, her own direct-to-screen watercolor process. Illustrated with glowing examples of the printmaking medium, including works by Bearden, Jack Youngerman, Gene Davis, and Elizabeth Osbourne, this is the definitive work on an increasingly popular art.

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The author works "with you" and doesn't talk "down to you".......2007-08-16

If you are a curious person, interested in learning the art of silk screening, in as direct of an approach as possible, I personally feel that this books author does a great job of articulating her theories and principals in a very user friendly fashion.

The above sentence is an example of how most technical books would use the English language to make the readers brain ache . . .

If you are curious about silk-screening, I think the author of this book does a great job of explaining things in a clear and understandable way.

The above sentence is an example of how I felt as I made my way through Roni Henning's latest book, "Water-Based Screen-printing Today".

Having had the privilege of actually attending a function honoring Roni Henning's artistic works, and having the pleasure of speaking to her in person, I have to say I walked away with the impression that the author is truly passionate about "teaching".

She has a special, "down to earth" air about her, like most artists, yet she also presents her thoughts and ideas in a regimented, professional and interesting way.

It's that kind of approach that makes her lessons and her book a very easy and comforting guide to follow when exploring the art of silk-screening.

"Water-Based Screen-printing Today" helped turn what was just a curiosity of mine, into a blossoming hobby.

While it might be true that actual silk-screening classes, with true hands on experience can't be replaced by a book, for me this book provided enough helpful information, for very little money, to help me decide if silk-screening was something I might wish to pursue further.

I don't think you can ask much more from a book such as this.

I hope to some day make it to one of the authors workshops that she has on occasion throughout the country, so that I may find out if I have the ability to take my hobby to an even more fulfilling level.

Great Teaching Tool.......2007-08-08

This practical guide to the silk screen process is really useful. There are plenty of illustrations and detailed instruction on how the author achieved the look shown. Of course, as with all art making, there is always more than one way to do something. The author explains how projects are handled in their particular shop. The section on halftone screens is very useful, as is the explanation of monotyping. This book takes the time to explain ways of making the process work "at home." I used sections out of this manual for a beginning silk screen class, and they found it helpful

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Screenprinting: Water-Based Techniques
Roni Henning
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Water-based Screenprinting (Printmaking Handbook)

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Water-based Screenprinting (Printmaking Handbook)
Steve Hoskins
Manufacturer: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
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Roni Henning
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ASIN: B000PRZO1S

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Quizzical Eye collects a lifetime of work by eighty-five-year-old photographer Rondal Patridge--son of the renowned photographer Imogen Cunningham, apprentice to Dorothea Lange, and protege of Ansel Adams. Intimately associated with the great photographers of his time, Partridge has absorbed all the techniques his famous teachers could give him, yet he wears this professional lineage lightly, dedicating himself to following the paths down which his own strange genius leads him.

Quizzical Eye: The Photography of Rondal Partridge is filled with breathtakingly intimate portraits, devastating environmental statements, compositional wonders, and telling moments from six decades of American history--the essential works of a man who has dedicated his long life to capturing single moments on film.

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A Master Put in Place.......2003-05-08

Quizzical Eye is a book we didn?t know we?d been waiting for until it showed up.

We?ve all seen Rondal Partridge?s pictures, but since he scorned publicity, little has been written about him. The noted photographic historian Sally Stein puts his story?and 100 terrific pictures--in their high rightful place.

Partridge, now in his 80s, grew up in the center of the California photography scene. His mother was the great photographer Imogene Cunningham, and he learned photography from Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange.

Over the last 60 plus years, Partridge photographed everything. He gives us hobos, W.W.II war protesters, New Delhi brickyard workers, undulating hills, bays filled with garbage, and a packed parking lot in Yosemite (with Half Dome towering behind). His fine portraits of Adams, Lange, and the folksinger Odetta are balanced by intimate nudes, and lovely studio work. We see, for example, photographer Judy Dater taking his portrait with her 8x10 view camera?its open lens leaving a shimmering white disk, a little sun, where her face would be.

Partridge is the kind of guy who will take a picture of himself with a chicken on his head and relish its place as the final photograph in the book. His family pictures are among the endearing ever taken. You want to go over to his house, pull up a chair in the kitchen, and hear him tell the stories of how these lovely pictures came to be. This will surely be one of the best photo books of the year.

Political Economy and Contemporary Capitalism: Radical Perspectives on Economic Theory and Policy
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Political Economy and Contemporary Capitalism: Radical Perspectives on Economic Theory and Policy

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Class, Political Economy, and institutionalism: toward a rapprochement?(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
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Class, Political Economy, and institutionalism: toward a rapprochement?(Book Review) (book review): An article from: Journal of Economic Issues
Janet T. Knoedler , and Geoffrey E. Schneider
Manufacturer: Association for Evolutionary Economics
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008FQL96
Release Date: 2005-07-30

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This digital document is an article from Journal of Economic Issues, published by Association for Evolutionary Economics on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 2936 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Class, Political Economy, and institutionalism: toward a rapprochement?(Book Review) (book review)
Author: Janet T. Knoedler
Publication: Journal of Economic Issues (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2002
Publisher: Association for Evolutionary Economics
Volume: 36 Issue: 4 Page: 1111(6)

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A few years back, when reengineering was all the rage, Mercer was a relative newbie in the consulting world. Now reengineering has faded, and although Mercer hasn't dethroned McKinsey or BCG from their position atop consulting's ivory tower, it has narrowed the gap. In the Wet Feet Press Insider on Mercer, our insiders tell you about life inside this rapidly growing strategy consulting firm. You'll be ready to ace your interviews after reading your Company Insider! You'll learn answers to all of the following questions: * Why has Mercer's focus on strategic growth paid off? * What do most insiders identify as a key reason they joined the firm? * What are the pros and cons of working for a younger consulting firm? * How has the firm's intellectual properties pushed it into the vanguard

of consulting firms? * How does Mercer stack up compared to McKinsey and The Boston Consulting Group? * What's new with international business? * What tips do Mercer insiders offer to help you ace your interviews?

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Too synthetic, good for principiants!.......2000-09-04

This guide is useful only on a basic base because it reports a lot of infos over this consulting firm but with lower value than the site guide:what are the pros and cons of working for them, how Mercer compared to McKinsey and The Boston Consulting Group.... My advice is to read the last two books written by Mercer, that's "Value Nets" and "Profit Patterns": they are very helpful because they bring a lot of real cases developing a smart mind on the reader.

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This book presents a fundamental reassessment of the nature of wage labor in the nineteenth century, focusing on the use of sanctions to enforce wage labor agreements. Professor Steinfeld argues that wage workers were not employees at will but were often bound to their employment by enforceable labor agreements, which employers used whenever available to manage their labor costs and supply. Modern free wage labor only came into being late in the nineteenth century, as a result of reform legislation that restricted the contract remedies employers could legally use.

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James Muir
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This digital document is an article from Labour/Le Travail, published by Canadian Committee on Labour History on September 22, 2002. The length of the article is 1120 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Author: James Muir
Publication: Labour/Le Travail (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2002
Publisher: Canadian Committee on Labour History
Page: 338(3)

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Whole Sewing Catalog
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Whole Sewing Catalog
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Manufacturer: Simon and Schuster
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techniques and tips on sewing

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Whole sewing catalog

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The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
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A good guide for deep sky observing

A jewel for small telescope owners

If only it was made of durable paper!

Indispensable and still the best

A little giant atlas

The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky
Erich Karkoschka
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The Observer's Sky Atlas contains star charts and information for all those who observe the night sky with unaided eyes, with binoculars, or with small telescopes, and also for those who just wish to look at constellations and interesting objects. Equally useful for the beginning observer and the old hand, the atlas presents:

- A short introduction into observing the sky and a thorough description of the star charts and tables

- Clearly arranged charts of all the stars (up to 6th magnitude) visible with the unaided eye

- Enlarged chart sections (including all stars to magnitude 9) for binocular observation, highlighting 250 interesting nebulae, galaxies, and stellar clusters;

This new third edition features:

- 32 additional pages with images of all the 250 nebulae covered in the atlas

- An updated calendar for the next 20 years

- Double star ephemerides from 2005-2020, including updated tables accompanying star charts

- Updated minima/maxima of variable stars according to recent observations

- Updated data where new measurements have proven more reliable than previous ones.

The Observer's Sky Atlas is an indispensable and handy companion for every observer and has already appeared in four languages.

Some praise for previous editions:

"â€¦ The most informative little sky guide in the business." â€“Astronomy

"The more experienced observer will find this slim volume useful at the telescope and â€¦ packed with interesting observing projects." â€“Sky & Telescope

Customer Reviews:

A good guide for deep sky observing.......2007-10-04

I have a lot of sky atlases as well as guides to deep sky objects. While there are numerous maps that are aesthetically more beautiful and perhaps more useful overal as a scopeside map, and numerous deep sky object guides, none of them presents such an excellent distillation of objects and easily useable maps for practical recreational viewing with binoculars or the small scope. I find with this book, I get the most out of my evenings with little pre-planning necessary. After gaining some experience with this book, one can than follow the general approach to deep sky viewing with more advanced guides and atlases.

A jewel for small telescope owners.......2007-09-28

I've been an active observer for years. My telescopes have been large instruments requiring some planning and setup. For this reason, I typically do little observing during nights when there is a partial moon out. I've decided to do some observing with a small 80mm telescope. It's easy to move outside and set up within a minute and it's no big deal if I only have a few minutes to observe.

It turns out that what I had in the way of a star atlas was not terribly suited for my new endeavor. My atlases are all geared for deep space observing with big reflectors. They are well worn and tattered and I know from experience that although I have loved them to death, I will learn to hate them if I attempt an observing program with an 80mm telescope.

So..... during the past few weeks, I've been looking for the perfect reference material. A friend of mine turned me on to "The Observer's Sky Atlas" by E. Karkoschka. I briefly looked through his and decided immediately that I "needed" one. I've used many of the other atlases geared towards small telescpes but I've decided that this one will be my new companion over the next few months.

My grab and go observing will be just that... grab and go. I wanted a volume that fits that bill. The atlas is a small paperback about 6 x 8 inches. Within it's pages you'll find 250 deep space wonders along with 250 double stars complete with pictures and easy to use reference charts.

Each set of pages includes a table of interesting objects to see on the left side and a chart on the right. The table lists the objects of interest, along with pertinent data. There's your mix of deep space objects, open clusters, binary stars, and standard stars. Refractors are very nice for just looking at your standard stars you know. You got your big ones, your blue ones, your red ones.... There are two additional pieces of data that this volume provides lacking in so many other references. The first is the estimated distance in light years. I love this! The other is a guide to help you determine the difficulty in seeing the object shown by a die (as in dice). A six is super easy, a one will be more challenging.

Near the back of the book are black and white photos of all 250 deep space objects in the guide. This is really nice for your daytime aspects of your observing program or to tease out what you think you see as you compare it to the photograph.

At the back of the book is a full sky chart showing all of the constellations and a key to help you zoom in on the individual charts in the book.

I am sure that all objects in the book are observable in an 80mm scope and that is why I so heartily recommend this book. This is also a volume that I can highly recommend for budding astronomers. I see little mention of it in observing circles but it is a true little jewel. Get it!

Michelle

If only it was made of durable paper!.......2006-12-08

Alas, nothing is perfect. This pocket star atlas is nothing short then genius - it would have been perfect but for the cheap production.
The idea is simple yet powerful. All other star atlas are either short on details - thus preventing convenient star-hopping to non-trivial targets, or cumbersome, as good detail of the entire sky is a lot to print.
Taking Uranometria or The Millennium Star Atlas to the field is no light task. Using these hefty books at the field is even less convenient.
Here we have a marvelous solution: most of the sky do not deserve rich detail for lack of interesting objects. Here we have but 10% of the entire sky in high detail, and the rest in low detail. Thus we have 250 objects, enough to satisfy my 10 incher, in a pocket - sized book.
Then there's the fine data regarding each and every object. Why other atlas do not include surface brightness for nebulae? This one does! Tons of knowledge, ready to be used - this is magic!
I warmly recommend this little marvel. I wish better production will be available - I, for one, will certainly buy it.

Indispensable and still the best.......2006-08-23

There are two small atlases I consider to be absolutely indispensable. The Observer's Sky Atlas is one of them. The unique feature of The Observer's Sky Atlas is the insets on each chart that provides additional detail in the vicinity of many of the most commonly sought after objects. In this way, Karkoschka has been able to plot stars down to magnitude 9 for those areas of the sky you are most likely to be targeting. This feature has allowed me to more easily zero in on an object where my other favorite field atlas, (see below), sometimes provided too few stars to pinpoint exactly where I was as I tried to narrow in on a tiny section of dark sky.

When opening the book, each chart is printed on a right hand page. Each chart covers a nice area of the sky and includes stick figures of the constellations to help get your bearings. Then, as mentioned above, key areas within the chart are further detailed with the insets. The charts are not in color, so some may not see them as pretty as in other books, but there is a nice elegance to them nonetheless. The charts are easy to find using the all sky view key to charts at the back of the book, (which oddly is in color).

Data for the objects on each chart are printed on the facing left hand page. This is a very nice feature that I particularly like. Information includes such things as a star's apparent and absolute magnitude, it's B-V index, its distance and its coordinates. For binary stars there is information on their separation and their variability. For nebula and galaxies there is additional information on size, shape, and distance. There are even short descriptions of how objects appear through a telescope or binoculars. Karkoschka has done a great job of providing a lot of information in a very condensed but easy to read format.

One drawback to this atlas is the construction. The atlas is not spiral bound, so it does not lay flat, and the pages, although sturdy enough, are not in any way water resistant.

Overall though, this is an outstanding atlas for taking into the field, and I would certainly recommend it. As I said, I consider it to be indispensable.

Another outstanding atlas is Sky and Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas by Roger Sinnott. It is a nice compliment to The Observer's Sky Atlas. I like the Pocket Sky Atlas for its big broad views of the sky and it's stunning charts (see my review of that book). I like the Observer's Sky Atlas for its additional detail both in the chart insets and in the descriptions of objects. Both are ideal as field atlases, and I keep them both very close at hand when I've observing.

I hope you're not in a position where you can only buy one. Choosing between the two would be difficult. As I said, I keep both with me when I'm observing. But if you do have to choose, I would suggest the following. If you want the nicest looking atlas, go with the Pocket Sky Atlas. If you want a bit more detail and you don't mind giving up the glossy color pages and spiral binding, go with the Observers's Sky Atlas. But honestly, you really can't go wrong with either one.

A little giant atlas.......2005-09-02

I have this atlas since 1999, it was the first, and by far the most used. The 50 charts include 250 non-stellar objects(nebulae), including all Messier,also 250 binary and 80 visual variables stars. All the charts include inset finder charts up
to 9 star magnitudes to find all non-stellar the objects. Althought the object count doesn't seem much impressive, the layout is a miracle of compactness. It's quite amazing how much really usefull information the author did put on such a small
format, and yet on perfectly readable manner. That includes position, size, shape, classification, magnitude, surface
brightness, visibility, distance and even a sucint description. On binary stars have also the color (temperature)
difference, separations , position angles and on some cases even the orbits.
This atlas is a perfect companion for instruments that go from a pair of eyes to telescopes and binoculars up to 150mm (6"),
but beware that is a very practical "field" observer's book, there are no pretty pictures or extensive descriptions, just a
guide to get you to do your own pretty pictures and your own descriptions, requiring some practice and a basic knowledge of
the constellations and some bright stars.
Due it's incredible compactness I'll give it 5 (neutron) stars.

The Observer's Sky Atlas: With 50 Star Charts Covering the Entire Sky

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Erich Karkoschka
Manufacturer: Springer 1998
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