October 1979

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The world's best-selling astronomy magazine offers you the most exciting, visually stunning, and timely coverage of the heavens above. Each monthly issue includes expert science reporting, vivid color photography, complete sky coverage, spot-on observing tips, informative telescope reviews, and much more! All this in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly style that's perfect for astronomers at any level.

Features

Using Earth as a Radio Telescope

By Richard Isaacman

pg. 6

NGC-1275

pg. 14

A Voyager Album

pg. 16

Forum

- A Personal Voyage to Jupiter - FAR OUT - by Jove!

pg. 24

Sky Almanac

A Plentiful Harvest of Planets

pg. 30

Equipment Atlas

Buyer's Guide to Telescopes

pg. 36

Gazer's Gazette

Saturn's Vanishing Rings

pg. 42

Gazer's Gazette

The Top 21 Deep-Sky Objects

pg. 47

Photography in Astronomy

How to Get Steady Pictures

pg. 52

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 56

AstroNews

pg. 58

Stellar Frontiers

By Paul S. Wesson

The Cosmological Principle

pg. 66

In Focus

pg. 71

Astro-Mart

pg. 73

Star Dome

Cepheus

pg. 80

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

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

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