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scopethis
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As per Messier objects, I still use The Messier Album. Ah--I'm so old!
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rookie
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I ordered Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects and Hidden Treasures from Amazon this week because of this thread. I've actually wanted them for a long time but this pushed me over the edge.
I need to stop reading here for a while. It's too expensive. 
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Lane
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The O'Meara books really are nice. Many books will provide a photo of each object they present, which is good, but the drawings that O'Meara puts in his books are much more useful. They show you pretty much what you can expect to see in the eyepiece. A few other books do this too, but not as well. This can be a big help to a beginner.
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SCTs: C6, C8, C9.25, C11,
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desertstars
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I ordered Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects and Hidden Treasures from Amazon this week because of this thread. I've actually wanted them for a long time but this pushed me over the edge.
I need to stop reading here for a while. It's too expensive.
Like that's gonna help?
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Collinder's Catalog
Jewels in Dark Settings
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Dain
Carpal Tunnel
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Dain
Adirondack Mountains (my true dark sky site)
@ Cedar River Flow
Local Site
Clear Skies?
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turtle86
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Loc: Red Sox Nation
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Think you'll enjoy these books very much. Please let us know what you think!
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I ordered Deep Sky Companions: The Messier Objects and Hidden Treasures from Amazon this week because of this thread. I've actually wanted them for a long time but this pushed me over the edge.
I need to stop reading here for a while. It's too expensive.
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o1d_dude
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The only Stephen O'Meara book I have is Hidden Treasures and I like it.
As to Messier objects, I own and recommend Ken Graun's "The Next Step - Finding and Viewing Messier's Objects".
Here's a *L*I*N*K* .
Helping other astronomers spend money is just another service we offer hear at Cloudy Nights.
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Kit
'Don’t worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God’s wondrous universe.' - Thomas M Back
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Ragaisis
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Loc: Milwaukee, WI
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I have both O'Meara's and Graun's Messier books. I appreciate O'Meara for the descriptions and the sketches and the...inspiration. However, I prefer Graun's book for the simple reason the uniform scale photos give me a much better idea of what something is actually going to look like through my eyepiece.
Chris
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o1d_dude
o1der than dirt
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The uniform scale photos are exactly the reason I like and recommend the Graun book.
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Kit
'Don’t worry about what telescope you own, or its quality. Just get out under the night sky, and enjoy God’s wondrous universe.' - Thomas M Back
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