The Planisphere Southern Hemisphere Star Chart Small with the original 2-sided for location and identifying stars.

This is great for planning an evening, but not for use in the field. Turning on any kind of white light will seriously impair your night vision and charts of this type need white lighting to be seen. The Milky Way, selected deep-sky objects like galaxies and nebulae.

A planisphere is a device for determining which stars are above the local horizon at any given hour for each day of the year.

The Planisphere Southern Hemisphere Star Chart Small with the distortion found in other star charts is greatly reduced so that patterns appear realistically and are easy to identify. Planisphere are produces either two or four graphic plates that you can use to build a planisphere Southern Hemisphere small is for a given geographic latitude. The Night Sky is the finest and easiest to use star finding aid in existence. This plastic pocket size (5 x 6) edition is for use in locations south of the Equator. Almost all such products are designed for the Northern Hemisphere, as this is where most amateur astronomers are. But here is for the Southern Hemisphere which I have found to be very useful indeed. It is large, uncluttered and easy to read using a red flashlight.

Because there are so many stars and constellations to be listed, reading some planispheres can be confusing. The Night Sky is made up of two maps, one on each. side. The chart for observers facing north is located on the front, and if you are facing south, just turn the planisphere over. The easy-to-read objects on the planisphere include constellation names and outlines, bright stars. The ecliptic (planets follow this imaginary line) and coordinate grid lines that help one to cross-reference with star atlases if desired.