January 1977

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Features

Viking on Mars: Exciting Results

By William K. Hartmann

pg. 6

Life on Mars: Ambiguous Results

By Thomas A. Easton

pg. 26

Sky Almanac

Venus is Hard to Miss

pg. 34

Photography in Astronomy

By David Hudgins

Printing Your Astrophotographs Part 2: Printmaking Tricks

pg. 42

Stellar Frontiers

By John Gribbin

Chinese Cosmology

pg. 46

Gazer's Gazette

By Richard Berry

Exploring the Milky Way: Part 2

pg. 50

Astro-News

pg. 55

Publisher's Memo

pg. 59

In Focus

pg. 62

Astro-Mart

pg. 63

Planet Finder - January 1977

pg. 68

January Star Dome

By James Mullaney, Henry J. Phillips

pg. 73

Close-Up on the Eridanus Region

pg. 78

	Sun	Sun	Moon
RISE	—		—	PHASE	—
SET	—		—	DISK	—

	Mercury	Mercury	Venus	Venus
RISE	—		—
SET	—		—
		—		—

	Mars	Mars	Jupiter	Jupiter	Saturn	Saturn
RISE	—		—		—
SET	—		—		—
		—		—		—