PLANISPHERE STAR FINDER GUIDE CHART ASTRONOMY TELESCOPE

2. 20 Star Maps (10-inch diameter)  display 56 Constellations, 66 Bright Stars and 33 Deep-Sky Objects.

3. Ground Compass allows up to 10 maps to be used at the same time in group situations and astronomy labs.

4.  Red cap to convert your flashlight to red light.

5. Carrying Envelope

6. Manual with Planetary Tables

Super Planisphere vs. the Traditional Planisphere

Traditional planispheres, have been in existence for hundreds of years. While they are useful to the experienced astronomer, they can be very difficult for the beginner to use. There are 3 main reasons for this difficulty in using a traditional planisphere.

Traditional Planisphere Problem 1:

Traditional planispheres use one small star map to represent the entire dome of the sky above you. Because all of the constellations are on one small map, they are tiny and hard to relate to the actual sky. 

Solution: Planisphere 2 uses twenty 10-inch diameter star maps to cover the entire sky. This is more than 20 times the area of a traditional planisphere star map. Only a few constellations are on each Planisphere 2 map, making them large and easy to see. The larger the constellations are on the star maps, the more closely they match the apparent size of the actual constellations in the sky.

Traditional Planisphere Problem 2:

Another consequence of having the entire sky represented on one small star map is that some constellations are very distorted. The closer you get to the edge of the traditional planisphere star map, the more distorted the constellations become, making many of them unrecognizable to the beginner.
 

Solution: Unlike with traditional planispheres, the constellations on Planisphere 2 star maps have very little distortion. Since each map covers only a small portion of the sky, the constellations on the maps look very much like the actual constellations in the sky.