Another book you should also consider, Matt, is Nightwatch - also by Terence Dickenson. Although there is overlap between the two, Nightwatch has some great "beginner-friendly" skycharts. We also have Serge Brunier's Great Atlas of the Stars, which has excellent photographs of the "naked eye" sky for locating some objects - there is a review of this book in May's S&T.
There are lots of fine books out there' a sampling can be found here:

http://skyandtelescope.com/shopatsky/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=SkyPub&category%
5Fname=Books&SUBCATEGORY=Observers+Handbooks&Page=1

I think my next purchase will be Atlas of the Lunar Terminator, though I'd like to buy most of the others.

Glenn

• Nightwatch - leonard - April 5, 2002 - 05:15 UTC
  • Book reviews - dobin - April 5, 2002 - 14:24 UTC