Observer's Handbook Supplements

105th Edition, Edited by David M.F. Chapman

This is the supplements page for the Observer’s Handbook, one of Canada's oldest scientific publications. This page lists resources related to the Handbook; the following supplements are available (these are the property of the RASC; copying is forbidden without express written consent):

• Coloured Double Stars
• Dark Nebulae information, observation reports, charts, and images of each object.
• Glossary
• Finest NGC listed numerically
• Sample observing form (As noted in the article The Observing Logbook)
• A full-colour version of the original b&w "The Black-Drop Effect during the Transit of Venus on June 8, 2004,” by Duval et al., JRASC 99, 170–176 (2005), for the ADS version, use tinyurl.com/5r8fln6
• Magnitude and Contrast Calculator (click to open)
• Map of Mars (no labels); Map of Mars (labels) (click to open) Note: these maps are copyrighted by Roger Venables.