Hi to everyone on this thread. Thanks for all of your comments and interest.
Geoff, the book is actually published by Springer International in the U.S. but I understand that some of the best deals are coming from the likes of the Book Depository in England and Fishpond in either Oz or NZ. Check out the list on our web site set up to inform people about this new book,
http://www.southernskyimaging.com/
Narayan, sorry that we didn't give you credit for the naming of the "Whirling Dervisher" Nebula, NGC 3247 in Carina on pg 76. Unfortunately the source from where we got the name didn't lead us to you, and for that we apologise. We always try to give credit where credit is due.We were particularly taken with that name. Very nice images at your flickr site too BTW.
One of the reasons that you haven't seen any of Steve's stuff on here is most likely a lack of time I suppose. During the making of the book Stephen was hard out trying to obtain the images that I set for him during what turned out to be a very poor period of 18 months or so as far as imaging is concerned.
In typical fashion the weather has come right after the book's deadline was over. There are a number of objects we would like to have included and some more that could have done with more imaging time at different wavelengths but it was not to be. All I can say is that it was a very intense couple of years getting it together, and we both went through a steep learning curve regarding what we could include or not, what worked and what didn't.
I hope that this is of some help. If anyone has any queries don't hesitate to ask.
Cheers,
Coops