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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Interesting book on the unique subject of Southern SkiesBy Zbig (Zbigniew ZEMBATY)The book by Gendler; Christensen Malin "Treasures of the Southern Sky" it is very interesting and comprehensive position about Southern Skies for amateur astronomers written by persons who are passionate about stargazing. This subject is not well covered in the literature though in the age of globalization and cheap airlines the need for quality guides in this area is increasing.Pros.: Well written and very good introduction and notes on the history of observing Southern Skies. Good quality photographs. Good description of the objects.Cons.: On the one hand; taking into account its contents; this book looks like an observing handbook as all the objects are presented as they appear in the sky; from Summer to Spring. On the other hand one cannot find any (even small) map to help locate these objects. When one chooses to buy this book; soon realizes that this is a heavy album which is not appropriate to be taken for airline journey.Apart from this; the book by Gendler et al. is very good and worth buying. I must admit however that I still wait for a small airline friendly handbook. Perhaps these Authors can write another book just for a serious amateur travelling down-under.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Great images but not enough southern objectsBy S. CrouchGiven that its been almost 25 years since the publication of "Exploring the Southern Sky" and almost 20 years since David Malins "A view of the Universe"; a new coffee table book featuring the southern sky is probably long overdue. There have been many advances in imaging techniques in the last 25 years and quite a few new telescopes; including HST; which often image southern objects.Treasures of the Southern Sky is the first book about the southern sky that Ive seen for a long time and in general it compares well with its illustrious predecessors but I do have one mild complaint which I will get to later.The book opens with a comprehensive section entitled "The Discovery of the Southern Sky" in which the pioneering work of such people as Halley; Lacaille; Dunlop and Sir John Herschel is described. Not surprisingly; given that two of the authors are famous astrophotographers; there is a good coverage of early photographic efforts. There then follows a series of images of the various southern objects by season; starting with summer. Many of the images are presented in both wide field and narrow angle versions and a good feature is that the frame coverage of the narrow angle shot is marked on the wide field image. Each image is accompanied by the astrophysical explanation for its appearance. One difference with "Exploring the Southern Sky" is that every image is in colour (sometimes narrow band colour) whereas the older book had plenty of black and white. This book also includes some spectacular infrared shots too which would have been impossible 25 years ago. The quality of the images is extremely high and its easy to see the advances that have been made in 25 years. Finally there is a fairly comprehensive bibliography on books about the southern sky.Now to my complaint: the choice of objects. In a book that is supposed to be about the southern sky I think the choice of "southern" objects leaves a bit to be desired. Sure the well known stuff is here but I would have preferred to see much more of the stuff from the far south. The beautiful globular cluster NGC 6752; the spectacular galaxy NGC 1566 in Dorado; the oddly shaped planetary nebula IC 4406 and Apus with its mixture of galaxies and galactic cirrus are all missing for instance. In fact Treasures of the Southern Sky has the look of a southern sky book written by a northerner. There is quite an extensive coverage of Orion for example and the cover of the book is actually a picture of the Orion nebula. Sure its a southern object (just) but hasnt it been done to death already? If I was a northern hemisphere resident I would be buying this book to read about the objects that I cant see; not the ones with which I am already familiar. I did email Rob Gendler about the choice of the cover image and he did say that they tried other objects and somehow they didnt come out as expected so maybe thats fair enough.This minor gripe aside; I think that Treasures of the Southern Sky is well worth adding to your astronomical library.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A great source of inspiration...By Augustus B Wright IIIGendler is currently THE master of astrophotography; and this book in a great showcase of his work AND ideas on image processing. For those who live "down under" this is a source of inspiration; for those in northern climes; its an excuse to pack your bags!