Atlas of the Southern Night Sky

Steve Massey & Steve Quirk - New Holland Publishers

Now in its 6th Edition, this hugely successful title is both a comprehensive and easy-to-use reference guide for Southern Hemisphere star gazers. It includes constellation maps with deep sky objects, lunar maps, guides to planetary observing, astro-photography, basic image processing and more.
I'd always wanted to do a book of this nature since us southerners had been flooded by so many overseas titles for too long. Simply tired of seeing so many northern hem titles in book shops that were cluttered with deep-sky objects many of which are simply way beyond the reach of the common urban telescope owners. We needed something written and published for down-under observers with a realistic approach for beginners to intermediate.
It was a mission to produce I have to say, but a sincere joy and honor to work on with long time friend Steve Quirk. The first edition was published in 2007 and our aim for this beautifully produced hard cover book was to provide almost everything a newcomer to the hobby of astronomy would need combined with realistically observable celestial objects which are featured in the maps and chapters throughout. Atlas of the Southern Night Sky has been one of the most successful Australian produced astronomy books of its kind and earned its place into the text and references of several other overseas produced titles as the most highly recommended reference guide to the southern hemisphere.