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

PANSTARRS information

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

March 1978

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Features
In Focus
pg. 4
Swarms of Stars: Cosmic Calibrators
By Janet Rountree Lesh
pg. 6
Rival Cosmologies
By Barry Parker
pg. 18
Astronomy Reviews
pg. 26
Sky Almanac
March Nights, Observers' Delight
pg. 30
Planet Finder - March 1978
pg. 36
Photography in Astronomy
By Fred Espenak
Isophote Mapping
pg. 42
Equipment Atlas
By Robert E. Cox
What's Inside Your Telescope? Part 1: Refractors
pg. 50
Astro-Mart
pg. 58
Astro-News
pg. 65
March Star Dome
By John G. Harmon, James Mullaney
pg. 73
Close-Up on the Lynx Region
pg. 75
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