Thanks Rob and Andrew,
It was a lot of fun writing the article. In my preliminary discussions with Paul I even told him he could have Orion, even though the Great Neb is technically south, he needed all the help he could get! We all know which is the better hemisphere. Even on their website forum:
http://forum.skyatnightmagazine.com/tm.asp?m=69415
a person was questioning whether Paul had even seen the Southern skies. In writing for S@N I am always under stress to keep the word count down and there was one comment of mine that hit the cutting room floor which I thought was one of the my killer blows - we can see most of what Paul was claiming was so great in the north anyway, we have the best of both. They also cut out a mention I made to the Herald Bobroff Charts. I believe these are the ultimate guidebook to the Magellanic Clouds.
Btw, I think anyone can contribute to their forum, if any IISers would like to put in a comment supporting the south.
Regards
Glenn