Star maps of beauty and clarity are the hallmark of Wil Tirion. Imagine that
you are anywhere in the world and want to know what stars are in the sky at any
time; then his colourful and handy Cambridge Star Atlas (second edition,
Cambridge University Press, £13.95/$19.95, ISBN 0 521 56098 5) is
the book for you. A series of hourly whole-sky maps for observers between
latitudes 60° North and 50° South are complemented by detailed charts
showing every star visible to the naked eye, together with a celestial host of
clusters, nebulae and galaxies.
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