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I went ahead and ordered Asterisms for Small Telescopes and Binoculars. Overall I'm pretty disappointed with it.

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I'm sorry to hear that, especially since I'm the one who mentioned it. The reason I like it is because the author has included some that I've never seen discussed elsewhere. True, all are not gems, but there are a few interesting targets in there. And I thought his charts were pretty good.

There is another book on the subject, called Pattern Asterisms that you might prefer. I don't recall the author, but it is published by Springer. It struck me as very expensive for what you get, and the printing quality is especially poor IMHO.

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Phil Harrington
"Binocular Universe" Columnist, Astronomy magazine
Author: Star Ware || Star Watch || Touring the Universe through Binoculars || et al...
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