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Two of the revisions are that the 2nd edition shows some fainter stars and the galaxies are shown with proper inclination. However, the 1st edition is still very much usable.

Hi Mooey

How long to trek in? Is it state land or private? Any nearby carpark?

Rlow

I have the sky atlas 2000 deluxe version for both 1st edition and 2nd edition. Anyone interested in the 1st edition for just $40, pls pm to me

I prefer the deluxe version. It is available at Borders (1 copy left) at about $90.00 and at Astro Scientific (3 copies left) at $99.00 (10% discount for TASOS members). The desk and field versions (loose sheets) are also available at Astro Scientific.

btw, for anyone in s'pore looking for it, i have borrowed this book before in the nus science library & tasos library. good reference for deepsky.

the sky catalogue 2000 vol.2 which list all the NGCs and ICs Update: this book gives listings with details of all dbl stars, variable stars and non-stellar objects (deepsky objects) shown in sky atlas 2000 ( total about 2500 DSOs). It categorise by types, eg, diffuse nebula, galaxies etc. A good de...

hope to learn some star hopping from the master... hi richard I, surely you must be refering to someone else.... i am quite rusty now. this weekend go mersing i must try to refresh a bit. nevertheless, if there is any thing about star-hopping i can help, just let me know. with warm regards richard II

Hi rich the first

sorry for this late reply, i just saw this thread... i have 2 copies of the sky catalogue 2000 vol.2 which list all the NGCs and ICs. if you still need the info, i can dust it off from my bookshelf...

regards
richard II

Hi Richard the first,

thanks for the correction. hope to meet up with you one of these days.

Richard II

Thanks to David Lian, who was kind enough to introduce the Tuas site and bring me along there. It is indeed a good open dark area for viewing the southern skies in S'pore. A bit far, but worth the effort, and this does not pose a problem if you have a car.