The BAA Variable Star Section produced one around 1984, but it's now out of print. Graham. On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Fraser Farrell wrote: > > G'day all, > > I had quite a lot of email about this topic, so I've decided to reply to > the mailing lists.... > > > After the recent announcement of my booklet "Binocular Variables for > Southern Observers" (see http://vsnet.dove.net.au/~fraserf/bvstars.htm), I > received several enquiries about the existence and availability of a > Northern Hemisphere equivalent. For practical reasons my booklet's > collection of ~110 variables doesn't extend far north of the equator. > > Judging from the comments received there seems to be no such publication > known to my correspondents, and I don't know of one either. I confess > that I am surprised that there isn't one. A bunch of charts > specifically for binocular users seems such an obvious idea; maybe I'm > missing something here? > > I am well aware that some existing AAVSO, BAA VSS, etc charts show large > pieces of sky around bright northern variables. And for all I know > someone in the north did publish something for binocular users decades > ago. I also have a copy of the AAVSO Variable Star Atlas (which > unfortunately has a lot of superseded sequences in my half of the sky). > > But what I haven't seen is a Northern Hemisphere equivalent of my > booklet. Something with consistent dot sizes, readable with a red > light, containing modern comparison star sequences, etc, etc. > > Of course I would like to be proved wrong about the non-existence of > such a publication. > > Alternatively some funding for a trip north to help produce "Binocular > Variables for Everyone" would be welcome ;-) > > > > cheers, > Fraser Farrell > > http://vsnet.dove.net.au/~fraserf/ email: fraserf@dove.net.au > traditional: PO Box 332, Christies Beach, SA 5165, Australia > >