December 1980

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Features

Of Transits and Timeballs

By Ben Mayer

pg. 6

Voyager Approaches Saturn

pg. 18

Forum

Closer to Creation: the 10-Meter Telescope

pg. 24

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Farewell to Autumn

pg. 30

Equipment Atlas

By Art Huffman

Keeping Warm While Stargazing

pg. 36

Photography in Astronomy

By Robert Provin, Brad Wallis

Guiding

pg. 39

Gazer's Gazette

The Moon: Ring Mountains and Walled Plains

pg. 49

In Focus

pg. 52

Behind the Scenes

pg. 53

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 54

AstroNews

pg. 58

Stellar Frontiers

By Michael A. Seeds

The Wink of the Demon's Eye

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 72

Through the Eyepiece

Close-up on Camelopardalis

pg. 78

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

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

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