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The third part of the book is a selection of miscellaneous constellations and objects that can be seen with average equipment (even binoculars could do the job). Such a listing of objects make the book less capable for reading it on a rainy night on your comfortable sofa with a good glass of wine though: this book is actually written to take with you on your nightly explorations, and to use it as a manual and reference book (indeed, as a guide)! This is where my main point of criticism comes in: the book has a glued softcover, which means that little is needed before the cover comes off (and the cover of my example is indeed starting to come off). A stiff cover (hardcover) version of the book would be better, since such books are less subject to wear.

As regards the contents of the book I can be short: the book contains a lot of interesting data on constellations and such, which might frighten the absolute beginner though. My advice for them would be to just read the introductions and images coming with each object, and the descriptions to find them off course. The somewhat more professional might find the data useful though.

To conclude: to some extent, my first impression proved to be correct. It's not the first book I've read about astronomy, and I can say that this one is great for the absolute beginner and more advanced amateur astronomer. The absolute beginner should aim at the 'readable' parts of the book though and take the tabular data for granted. One thing is for sure: it is definitely a valuable addition to your book shelf and your backpack! ;)