Journey into the Universe Through Time and Space; National Geographic--Palomar Sky Survey Charting the Heavens
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1983. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Map/Poster. Format is approximately 20 inches by 34 inches. Folded to fit inside the magazine as a supplement (16 panels approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches). Illustration and text on both sides. This poster/map was a supplement to the National Geographic, June 1983, Volume 163, No. 6. Universe Sky Survey. On the front side (identified because it has the copyright and other relevant information) there are six text sections, associated with images on the map: 1. Sun and Near Planets; 2. Sun's Neighbors; 3. Milky Way Galaxy; 4. Local Group [includes Andromeda Galaxy]; 5. Local Supercluster; and 6. Known Universe. The back side has one large image, 3 medium size images, and 3 smaller images plus text. The text states that The Star Survey is an indispensable photographic atlas of 1,870 glass plates embracing the entire northern sky, and part of the southern, which has guided astronomers since the 1950s. The results of Sky Survey II, to start in 1984, are anticipated. More
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