X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens


Skalnaté Pleso

a shorthand for the Atlas Coeli Skalnate Pleso 1950.0, a popular sky atlas for amateur astronomers that was compiled at the observatory.

Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens

It is named after the Skalnaté Pleso Observatory in Slovakia where it was produced.


Antonín Bečvář

Bečvář is particularly important for his star charts: he led the compilation of the Atlas Coeli Skalnate Pleso (1951), published by Sky Publishing Corporation as the Skalnate Pleso Atlas of the Heavens, which was the state-of-the-art atlas of its kind until Wil Tirion's "Sky Atlas 2000.0" in 1981.


see also