May 1980

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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

The Colors of Mars

By Edwin Strickland

pg. 6

Asteroids: The Flying Mountains

By Joel Davis

pg. 16

Forum

- Have You Heard the Stars Tonite? - An Interview with Ken Atkins

pg. 24

Eye on the Sky

Venus: Beacon in the West

pg. 30

Eclipse Special

By Ben Mayer

The Afro-Indian Shadow Connection

pg. 38

Photography in Astronomy

By Thomas L. Dessert

An Album of Galaxies

pg. 47

In Focus

pg. 50

Behind the Scenes

pg. 51

Gazer's Gazette

You're Looking in the Wrong End, Charlie!

pg. 52

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 56

AstroNews

pg. 58

Stellar Frontiers

By Philip A. Stahl

Sunspots

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 72

Through the Eyepiece

Close-Up on Virgo

pg. 78

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

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

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