Hi guys,

I am making my own printable sky atlas. For start it goes down to 10 magnitudes and has chart layout from Uranometria. It is very early alpha version. When finished, it should go down to 13 magnitudes (as Triatlas).

It is completely vector based, uses transparency, layouts and some other advanced stuff.

Here is single sheet (Lyra)
img508.imageshack.us/img508/9827/117fj.jpg

Other 40 sheets in SVG (incomplete)
www.mediafire.com/?e545ww8fbv6wuoj

And here is software which generates those charts (Scala, GPL3).
github.com/jankotek/asterope

Very interesting stuff there Janek.
Keep us posted as to how you get on.

Janek,

That looks really excellent. I wish you luck with this project. It will be really useful to the community.

Great work.

Your work looks very impressive Janek, and software that generates high quality printable maps would certainly be very useful.

Could you tell us a little more about the concept and how you are implementing it?

Mike

I am making skycharting program, similar to Cartes de Ciel or Starry Night. This atlas is first step, to test chart generator.

Hi guys,
there is new version of Galway Sky Atlas. Most notable it now has Nebula Outlines and page numbering.

Checkout blog post about details:
kotek.net/blog/galway_sky_atlas_1st_edition

Or see gallery of all 473 pages:
picasaweb.google.com/1058831838369742641...aySkyAtlas1stEdition