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I forgot to add another tool which is excellent, the good old fashioned planisphere. This is great to see which constellations are where at anytime and is great to use with star charts as the planisphere is both small and that some parts are distorted to fit on it.
If you use the planisphere to see which constellations are up when you are, you can then use a chart for a larger and more accurate view of that area of sky.
As for a step by step quide book I don't know of one (which doesn't mean they are not out there), I haven't read any books on astronomy, I just use the web and forums such as this. I find its just intuitive really, like reading a map. Mind you I get lost a lot on the road too!
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