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for 2011

What's inside:

• 717 objects mag10 or brighter
• 213 other-than-Messier or NGC objects
• 189 binocular-class mag7 or brighter "City Objects," shown bold in the lists and circled on the maps
• Separate binocular symbol focuses attention on those objects for easier use
• 160 of the finest Double Stars
• 123 tint bars connect objects that are close to one another
• Expanded shorthand to read more like English than government acronyms
• 5 pages of sketching and note-taking space for personal observation comments
• Individual object-specific maps across from their listings
• Seasonal maps provide the Big View locations for brighter objects
• NEW - 7 pages on viewing THE MOON (scroll down) to follow its phases all month long
• Four tabbed sections for logical grouping of content
• Coil binding for lay-flat use at the scope

Sample spreads:

Seasonal maps (example below) display mag7 objects which help you focus on just those which might be seen in binocs or in light polluted skies as well as keeping you oriented with a whole-sky view.

Summer Sky Map

NOTE: Right ascension hours, declination degrees, directional indications, months "on meridian" (directly overhead) and star sizes combine to help the new viewer to become oriented and understand how to read the sky.

Each constellation spread (example below) presents a list of objects with pertinent details across from its map for easy item location. Stars to mag5 are sized relative to their brightness.

Orion spread

On the far left side of each list, gray lines are used to connect (as much as possible) those objects which are close neighbors so you can find more objects while your 'scope is pointed in a given area.

Trangulum and Ursa major lists

in OITHv5.1 is a day-by-day list of interesting things to see and learn about the Earth's huge "night light". Now, when the Moon is out and obscuring the Faint Fuzzies, you don't have to cuss and stay inside, frustrated.

Chuck Wood's Lunar 100 (plus 12 more targets of interest) are arranged following the Astro League's lunar day plan, combined with US Naval Observatory photos of the individual days to point out where these targets are located.

Moon spread

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