The Night Sky 50-60 North Latitude Planisphere - LPNS50

Description

Description
The Night Sky
is NOT a conventional planisphere! No flat map can remove
all
distortion, but with its pioneering two-sided design
The Night Sky
eliminates over 90% of the distortion inherent in conventional one-sided planispheres.
Be sure to select the correct latitude version for your observing location to get the most accurate representation of the sky above.  If you need assistance determining your latitude click here for a selector map.
The Night Sky
is
Designed
to be
Used!
Unlike coffee-table planispheres,
The Night Sky
is printed with dark stars on a light background, for easy nighttime readability.
The constellations are drawn simply
, emphasizing the brighter stars which makes them easy to recognize and locate with the naked eye or entry level equipment.
Coordinate grid lines are shown without being intrusive
. Coordinates are shown because they can be useful for cross referencing with star atlases.
A selection of deep sky objects for binocular viewing is included.
It is important to point out to beginners that the best
first telescope
is a pair of binoculars. You may already have what it takes to start observing tonight!
The Night Sky
is larger than it looks!
The map scale is larger than on similar-size planispheres because the whole sky does not have to be shown on a single map. Even the 5″ pocket version is large enough to be quite readable.