January 1979

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Features

Are We the Only Intelligent Life in Our Galaxy?

By Barry Parker

pg. 6

Is There a "New" Lunar Crater?

By Joel Davis

pg. 18

Sky Almanac

Jupiter Comes to Opposition

pg. 26

Planet Finder - January 1979

pg. 31

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 32

In Focus

pg. 37

Stellar Frontiers

By Charles F. Capen

Herschel and the Rings of Uranus

pg. 42

Gazer's Gazette

By Robert Burnham

Hunt a Cluster!

pg. 46

Photography in Astronomy

By Richard Berry

Photographing Star Clusters

pg. 52

Equipment Atlas

By Earle F. Dodds

A Simple Low Cost Mounting

pg. 54

Astro-News

pg. 59

Astro-Mart

pg. 65

January Star Dome

By Dewey Schwartzenburg, James Mullaney

pg. 73

Close-Up on the Taurus Region

pg. 73

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

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

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