it's a dense and brilliantly descriptive survey of the entire
night sky - AFAIK the most comprehensive survey of its kind currently
available.

Hi Anthony:

The _Nightsky Observer's Guide_ has considerably more objects, and is probably
more oriented toward the working, modern observer. But that doesn't take
anything away from Burnhams...it IS a work of art, and will endure.

Peace,
Rod Mollise
Author of _Choosing and Using a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope_
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