No serious amateur astronomer in the southern hemisphere should be without
Hartung’s Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes (Cambridge University
Press, £45/$64.95, ISBN 0 521 55491 8), revised and illustrated by
David Malin and David Frew. It’s the second edition of this book—northern
hemisphere astronomers should buy it and be envious.
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