| Duchek's
Telrad Finder Charts -- "Go
Deeper, See More" With Telrad Finder Charts you will find more objects faster than in the past! |
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| Telrad
Finder Charts |
user
level |
objects |
Ave. Mag |
cost |
Comments
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| The Messier TFC |
novice/intermediate |
110 |
7.7 |
$18 |
The Messier Objects
are some of
the brightest, best known objects in the sky. All are viewable
with a 6" telescope and decently dark skies. This book is 15 pages and
includes information on the Messier Marathon. |
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| The "Best" 300 TFC |
intermediate |
305 |
8.5 |
$44 |
Includes 4 popular
catalogs of
objects. The Messier list, the Caldwell list, the Finest NGC
Objects from the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada's Observer
Handbook, and the Saguaro Astronomy Club's best NGC Objects. All
are viewable with a 8" telescope under decent skies. The book is
45 pages and also includes information on observing the Messier
Marathon. |
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| Herschel 400 TFC | advanced | 400 | 10.0 | $44 |
Includes the generally
accepted
"best" 400 objects selected from the Herschel 2500 for the A.L.
observing list. These are significantly dimmer than the "Best"
300 and require a larger scope. For good views a 10" or larger
under dark skies is recommended. It has about 120 objects in common
with the "Best" 300. 43 pages. |
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| The Globular Clusters
of the
Milky Way TFC |
advanced |
151 |
$37 |
Includes all of the
globular
clusters known in the Milky Way at the time of writing. About 125
can be seen with an 8" scope, 135 with a 10" scope and the final few
require larger scopes, several needing dark skies and a 30"
telescope. 32 pages. |
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| 200 Bright Planetary
Nebulae TFC |
advanced |
200 |
11.9 |
$37 |
Includes the 116 A.L.
Observing
award nebulae and and additional 84 bright planetary nebulae.
Most can be seen with a 8" telescope under decently dark skies.
31 pages. |
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All of our Telrad finder charts have all pages completely laminated for moisture protection. They are comb bound and can be reopened so that we can bind in Alignment star charts, Limiting Visual Magnitude Charts, and Meteor Radiant Charts if purchased at the same time. This is done at no cost if it is requested. These books are an inexpensive way to "Go Deeper, See More" Our charts will also work with Rigel finders which have only the two center circles (0.5 and 2.0 degree), They also work reasonably well with a normal (or even better, correct view) finder scope. Since they have the NGC/IC designations for the objects, they can also be used as a guide for a GOTO scope. Appropriate table of contents/index to make
finding constellations and objects easy. They are well designed,
organized and easy to use. The catalog names are retained and cross
referenced with the NGC
designation. The tables give enough information to be sure you
correctly
identify it when you see it. All of the charts are organized in the same
way. They
run from North to South in 4 groups, (0-6h, 6-12h, 12-18h,
18-24h). Once you are in a section of the book, you can normally
stay in that area all evening. The table of contents include a
small set of maps to help you remember constellation location as well
as an index of where a constellation is located in the book. All
the charts are on 8.5"x11" and measure ~9"x11" with the binding. |
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Below are images of the cover and a sample page of each book. |
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