jc wrote:

I bought it last week, read it, thought that while it was worth the
money it's not for advanced amateurs. I feel it would make a good
apendix to Turn Left at Orion's 'Telescope, Care and Feeding' section.
Ideal for newcomers.
jc



Unfortunately the majority of books target beginners!

Observing resources I use include:

o The Astronomical Calendar (current year) by Guy Ottewell

o Sky Atlas 2000 Deluxe & Companion
o Uranometria 2000.0 (versions 1 and 2) and Deep Sky Field Guide
o Millennium Star Atlas
o XEphem (not a book)

o O'Meara's books
o Hirshfeld & Sinnott's books
o Luginbuhl & Skiff -- Observing Handbook
o Third Reference Catalog of Bright Galaxies
o Current Astronomical Almanac
o various Moon atlases

o Sky & Telescope
o Online resources, many of which are linked here
http://edu-observatory.org/eo/observing.html
http://edu-observatory.org/eo/starcharts.html

When in the back yard I can access any of this stuff at a
moments notice.

But at a dark sky site, I usually don't take much more
that a star chart I have make in planning the observing
session and whats in my head.