Just a quick review, should have done it ages ago. Well worth having. The book tends to de-mystify some of the jargon and all the numbers that normally accompany our hobby/obsession.
Although it is Northern Hemishere predominant obviously many of the objects he talks about are visble from down south and he covers (and praises enviously) some of the more obvious southern delights we enjoy. He uses a shrinking field of view sequence of diagrams to help you find and navigate to the object and then gives a nice clear description of what is known or conjectured about it. And then he throws in some other interesting information about nearby objects as well. Certainly a good beginners starter to finding their way around the skies and seeing some interesting objects.
For those of you who are more familiar with the skies it is the kind of book I would give or recommend to someone to get their interest started.
It's certainly given me some interesting targets to look for ... if the clouds and rain ever go away. .....
