January 1981

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Features

Voyager 1 at Saturn

By Richard Berry

pg. 6

Forum

The Future of Space Astronomy

pg. 24

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Winter Hunting

pg. 30

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 36

Gazer's Gazette

By Larry C. Sessions

Observing Planets in the Daytime

pg. 40

In Focus

pg. 46

Behind the Scenes

pg. 47

Photography in Astronomy

Making Astroprints

pg. 48

Equipment Atlas

Collimating Your Telescope

pg. 54

AstroNews

pg. 58

Stellar Frontiers

By Paul S. Wesson

Is the Universe Spinning?

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 72

Through the Eyepiece

Close-up on Orion

pg. 78

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

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

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