![]() For its era, Uranometria set an unprecedented and highly-advanced scientific, graphic and artistic standard for star charts. In 1603, when Johann Bayer published his epochal atlas he named it Uranometria, and it became to celestial mapmaking what theGutenberg Bible was to printing. To the ancient Greeks, Urania was the Muse of the Heavens, and uranos was the word for the sky. Where did the name Uranometria come from? Know the name but not the position? No problem, these indexes make it a snap to find. Objects are indexed by Common Names, Star Names, Bayer Stars, Messier Objects, and NGC/IC Objects in the All Sky Edition and all 30,000+ non-stellar objects are indexed in the companion Deep Sky Field Guide. In 29 areas of heavy congestion, close-up charts are provided at 2 or 3 times normal scale with a stellar limiting magnitude approximating 11.220 double page, (18 x 12 inches) charts at a scale of 1.85 cm per degree of declination. ![]() Stars are continuously tapered to create a more realistic perspective (Details).
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