Planisphere (Astronomy) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm very happy with this item. Very good quality versus price. It's a good start point for the beginner astronomer.

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An essential item of equipment for beginners and experienced observers, Philip's Planisphere enables the user to locate stars, constellations and planets, and work out sunrise and sunset times for every day of the year. Simply turn the oval panel to the required date and time to reveal the whole sky visible from your location. This brand new edition of the Philip's Southern Planisphere is larger, clearer and easier to use, while remaining lightweight and portable. The new map, drawn by renowned celestial cartographer Wil Tirion, shows stars down to magnitude 4 (stars visible with the naked eye), as well as many deep-sky objects. On the back of the planisphere are tables giving the positions of the four visible planets - Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn - for every month until 2012. The Southern 35[degrees] Planisphere is suitable for use in Australia, New Zealand, southern Africa and Southern America.

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The Night Sky 20°-30° (Small) Star Finder Review

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(More customer reviews)A must have for all Astronomers, choice the 'small' to fit in your pocket or go for the large!

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The Night Sky is a rotating star finder (planisphere) that allows the user to recognize the constellations for any time of night, any day of the year. The sky appears to rotate (due to the rotation and orbital motion of the earth), so to be successful recognizing the constellations a beginner needs to know which stars are above the horizon at any time. This is the pocket-sized version of The Night Sky suitable for Florida, the Caribbean, Southern Texas, Hawaii. There are versions for the following latitude zones: 50Â-60Â, 40Â-50Â, 30Â-40Â, 20Â-30Â, and the Southern Hemisphere. There are also full-sized versions available for the same latitude zones.

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The Night Sky 40°-50° (Large) Star Finder Review

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(More customer reviews)Chandler's star chart is a classic that is functional, easy-to-use, and valuable for people just learning the night sky. Its main features are its large size and lamination -- important as summer evening dew inevitably turns most paper products saggy. This is recommended for people desiring to learn their way around the night sky and build an understanding of the universe.

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The Night Sky is a rotating star finder- or planisphere that allows the user to recognize the constellations for any time of night, any day of the year. The sky appears to rotate (due to the rotation and orbital motion of the earth), so to be successful recognizing the constellations a beginner needs to know which stars are above the horizon at any time. This is the full-sized version of The Night Sky suitable for the 40ÂÂ-50 latitude zone (northern United States and parts of Europe). We have versions for the following latitude zones: 50Â-60Â, 40Â-50Â, 30Â-40Â, 20Â-30Â, and the Southern Hemisphere. We also have pocket-sized versions available for the same latitude zones.

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Firefly Planisphere: Latitude 42 Degrees North Review

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(More customer reviews)My husband loves astronomy and I got him a telescope for Christmas and needed a planisphere so both of us could learn more about the stars. He is a lot more advanced that I am, but he loves this chart and I have no trouble reading it. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for some celestial reference. I did expect there to be more to it, (like more pages) but I am the novice -so what do I know?- and my husband was very pleased.

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A valuable tool for novice and advanced stargazers.

The 11 3/8 inch Firefly Planisphere is an affordable, practical tool for accurately locating night sky phenomena in the Northern Hemisphere at any time of the year -- and is now updated to include planetary tables from 2007 up to and including 2014

Charted by the month, day, hour and minute, it gives quick help on locating celestial wonders such as:

Planets
Stars
Constellations
Globular clusters
Nebulae
Galaxies

The easy to use Firefly Planisphere features:

Icons that describe star magnitudes from O to 1 (large) to 4(small). The larger the symbol, the brighter the star -making it easy to locate specific stars.
Updated planetary tables with at-a-glance coordinates for locating the brightest objects in the sky until 2014.
Times of sunrise and sunset for each day.

An easy-to-read instructional guide describes how to use the planisphere. Both the planisphere and the guide are packaged in a protective plastic envelope.

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