Observing Guides

[Astralstroll]

What other observing guides are available besides Turn Left at Orion?

[L8-Nite]

" Stars & Planets " - by Ian Ridpath & Wil Tirion

ISBN: 978-0-691-13556-4

The most complete guide to the stars, planets, galaxies, and the solar system.

[Capricorn]

Have always prefered The Monthly Sky Guide by Ridpath+Tirion.

Always seemed more useful then TLAO to me.

Eventually using an observing guide has to stop and you have to select the objects you want, I suppose I find that The Monthley Sky Guide falls closer to this. It tells you wht is prominent and what is in it, after that it is up to you.

[umadog]

Plenty of "advanced" observing guides containing hundreds of objects:

Steve O'Meara's books

The Night Sky Observer's Guide (2 volumes. 3 if you want southern stuff). Lots of big scope objects.

Objects in the Heavens - short and sweet guide

Sue French's Celestial Sampler books (taken from her column in S&T)

[Ganymede12]

The Phillips series of astronomy books are quite nice but they're aimed mainly at beginners.

[bullettooth]

ive just got the sky and telescope pocket sky atlas and think its great!