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Old 30-03-2009, 12:32 PM
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Paddy (Patrick)
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I'd highly recommend Atlas of the Southern Night Sky, which I've reviewed at http://www.iceinspace.com.au/46-444-0-0-1-0.html

Although I have a number of other resources I still use this book a lot.It is an excellent and simple guide that will help you find deep sky objects (including double stars, open and globular clusters, planetary nebulae, galaxies, nebulae). It lists 5-6 objects for each constellation visible in southern latitudes, all of which are reasonable targets for amateur scopes, has simple charts, black and white images which are a reasonable approximation of what you will see.

It costs around $45 and can be bought on line from the author at http://www.myastroshop.com.au/ or ABC shops (I think). York opticla also have it http://www.yorkoptical.com.au/Home/t...6/Default.aspx

Also worthwhile for planets and events which vary over time is Astronomy 2009 available at Bintel, York etc. Mike also sells them at the start of the year through IIS so it might be worth PMing him to see if he has copies.
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