Year of the Comet
Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

PANSTARRS information

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

January 1974

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Features
Birth and Death of a Comet
By Fred L. Whipple
pg. 4
Letters to the Editor
pg. 20
Authors
pg. 22
Bibliographies
pg. 23
Sky Almanac
By Terence Dickinson
Comet Kohoutek Steals the January Sky Show
pg. 24
January Star Dome
By John G. Harmon
pg. 32
Gazer's Gazette
By Thomas C. Bretl
Observing Nebulae and Clusters
pg. 36
Stellar Frontiers
By Gerrit L. Verschuur
Interacting Galaxies
pg. 42
Astro-Mart
pg. 46
Astro-News
pg. 49
Photography in Astronomy
New Portraits of the Universe
pg. 52
Constellation Close-up
By Thomas C. Bretl
Gemini
pg. 58
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