BULLSEYE FINDER CHARTS OF THE CALDWELL OBJECTS

VOLUME 2: C33-C109, SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

Beyond the Messier List, but just as accessible, are the Caldwell Objects. 109 spectacles of the night sky, covering both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Each of the 76 objects in this Southern Hemisphere volume includes a finder chart, filter and season suggestions, description, and background information on the object. Dive in and start observing the Caldwell Objects with this handy digital guide today!

This edition of this book is designed to be ideal for field use with an illuminated e-reader. We used an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, with the settings configured for “dark mode” (lighted text on a black background).

Putting the device into a case in which we’d installed a sheet of Rubylith masking film and adjusting the brightness of the screen gave us a star party-friendly red illuminated finder chart, on which we could scroll to our desired object with the flick of a fingertip. The result looks very much like this: