Hi Chris
The Deep Sky Observers guide is excellent, if possible get all 3 Vols as the Vol 3 only covers Southern areas not visible from the US or latitudes thereabouts, so you really need all 3 to cover what we see here in Oz.
I have also puchased all 3 of the O'Meara deep sky guides ( the Messier Objects, the Caldwell Objects and Hidden Treasures) although not exclusively Southern most objects are visible and they are not biased to the north, with the abvious exception of the Messier volume.
Descriptions and hints are very detailed and are a great inroduction to deeps sky observing, helping you to learn what to look for.
Malcolm
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