Greetings from someone new to the list
!
I do agree that "I don't buy a new atlas everytime one comes out",
though I think that being an owner of the Millennium Star Atlas, I don't really
need another one... <g>
But I seriously wonder why there are new
editions of Sky Atlas 2000.0 and Uranometria. For a textbook, it's normal, since
things can change, like for example our understanding of the nuclear fusion
processes in a star's core. But for an atlas... They're all for epoch 2000.0, so
what changes so much???
Is it to justify the new edition that they add
more stars by reaching a deeper magnitude? <g>
Finally, could I ask
what a "binned-star" is? I guess that it's all mags. together like mag. 3-4 are
one size, mag. 4-5 another size, etc.
Thanks
Pierre
Paquette
Montréal (Québec)
Que les étoiles --et rien d'artificiel--
brillent au bout de votre route !
May the Stars --and nothing artificial--
shine upon the end of your road !
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Sujet: Re: (IAAC) Uranometria
>
I for one don't need to buy a new atlas everytime one comes out. I like
my
> old Uranometria and DSFG thank you.
Ah, but the stars aren't
binned in the new one! I hate the unrealistic look
of a binned-star
atlas.
Clear skies, Sue
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