The Panorama Atlas Deep Sky combines maximum clarity with impressive depth of detail. 13,500 deep-sky objects are shown on the huge double-page spreads in the context of their region of the sky. Astrophotographers and visual observers thus gain access not only to thousands of rewarding targets, but also to the context of the cosmic sky.
The Panorama Atlas Deep Sky offers a wealth of useful details. For most of the objects listed, brightness values are indicated directly next to the object. Numerous well-known catalogues, from Abell to Zwicky, are included, with many new discoveries from Gaia having been incorporated. A comprehensive index with 17,000 entries rounds off this impressive work.
- 60 maps of the entire sky
- clear, large format 52.5° × 40°
- Limiting magnitude 9.3 mag
- 2,500 open clusters, including more than 700 new discoveries
- 200 globular clusters, including all Palomar and Terzan clusters
- 600 galactic nebulae, including almost the entire Sharpless catalogue
- 700 planetary nebulae, including almost the entire Abell catalogue
- 9,000 galaxies up to magnitude 13.5
- 850 galaxy groups and clusters, including the complete Arp and Hickson catalogues and over 400 Lyon Groups of Galaxies
- 400 star patterns
- 1,500 popular names of deep-sky objects and stars
- Index with 17,000 entries
- Recommendations for nebulae filters
- Brightness data for most objects
- Numerous objects newly discovered by Gaia
- Photographic map of the Virgo galaxy cluster
The authors:
- Joachim Gründler, born in 1957, studied biology in Marburg and worked in the pharmaceutical industry. As a child, he observed the starry sky through his father’s binoculars and saved up for his first telescope at the age of 14. After retiring, he took up the hobby again and now photographs deep-sky objects through his telescope. Together with three friends, he founded the ‘Sternfreunde Minden’.
- Olle Eriksson is a software engineer and amateur astronomer. He lives in southern Sweden. His interest in astronomy was sparked at the age of 15 when he discovered a book on telescope construction. He began exploring the heavens with an 8-inch telescope he had built himself. This atlas is based on one of three freely available sets of charts produced in this way.
