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I treasure this book and the companion volume, "Deepsky Wonders: the Messier Objects" . So much background on each object and excellent sketches of eyepiece views. O'Meara has 2 new books due for publication early in 2007. The first is also in the Deepsky Wonders series and is called" Hidden Treasures" - presumably a roundup of objects not covered in the 1st 2 books. The other is a Herschel 400 Observing Guide. Both are listed and can be preordered on Amazon.
Having said that, I'd personally be happy if the Caldwell numbers would just die a quick death. What arrogance to add your name and new set of numbers to well known objects with perfectly good pre-existing NGC numbers - to the general confusion of all. That C number on my Nexstar handcontroller never gets punched, on principle.
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