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May he rest in peace. And amongst the stars which were his passion. I have the Sky Atlas 2000 still.
-Michael Refractors: ES AR152 f/6.5 Achromat on Twilight II, Celestron 102mm XLT f/9.8 on Celestron Heavy Duty Alt Az mount, KOWA 90mm spotting scope Binoculars: Celestron SkyMaster 15x70, Bushnell 10x50 Eyepieces: Various, GSO Superview, 9mm Plossl, Celestron 25mm Plossl Camera: ZWO ASI 120 Naked Eye: Two Eyeballs Latitude: 48.7229° N
That is indeed very sad news. Like Michael I still have my original first edition of the Sky Atlas 2000.0 (1981). I also have the second edition of that atlas where Wil worked with Roger Sinnott. I also have the first edition of the Cambridge Double Star Atlas on which Wil worked with James Mullaney, plus the Cambridge Atlas of Herschel Objects (again Tirion and Mullaney. Lastly, my go to field atlas, Uranometria All-Sky Edition (Tirion, Rappaport,Ramaklus). Wil's work was outstanding and he truly changed the art of celestial cartography. We have lost a great member of our astronomical community, but fortunately for us, his genius lives on through his works.
Scopes: Astro Sky 17.5 f/4.5 Dob || Apertura AD12 f/5 Dob || Zhumell Z10 f/4.9 Dob ||
ES AR127 f/6.5 || ES ED80 f/6 || Apertura 6" f/5 Newtonian
Mounts: ES Twilight-II and Twilight-I
EPs: AT 82° 28mm UWA || TV Ethos 100° 21mm and 13mm || Vixen LVW 65° 22mm ||
ES 82° 18mm || Pentax XW 70° 10mm, 7mm and 5mm || barlows
Filters (2 inch): DGM NPB || Orion Ultra Block, O-III and Sky Glow || Baader HaB
Primary Field Atlases: Uranometria All-Sky Edition and Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas
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Very sad to hear. I like Alan have the collection of his work.
His 2nd edition Sky Atlas sits on my table as I enjoy just looking at the maps.
RIP Mr. Tirion
Some refractors, eyepieces, mounts and related equipment The only culture I have is from yogurt
Orion 80ED
Celestron C5, 6SE, Celestar 8
Celestron ST80
Celestron C90 Mak
Vixen Porta Mount ll
Coronado PST
Bunch of Binos
A big box of Plossls
Little box of filters
As someone who also makes star charts I feel a bit of kinship with Will Tirion. Star maps are like other cartographical maps - they are a mix of science and art. They have to bring some artistic expression to the astronomical data. But while other map makers are limited to a single planet, Will Tirion had a universe to apply his art and imagination to. I don't think anyone did it better.