November 1981

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Features

Voyager 2 at Saturn

By Richard Berry, Robert Burnham

pg. 6

Forum

- Observing for Pleasure - Urban Astronomy - Interview with Dr. Hans Vehrenberg - Galaxies

pg. 32

In Focus

pg. 40

Behind the Scenes

pg. 41

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Planets Return as Nights Grow Longer

pg. 44

Gazer's Gazette

Observers' Reports on the July Eclipse

pg. 52

Photography in Astronomy

By Bill Iburg

Cold Camera vs. Gas Hypering

pg. 61

Equipment Atlas

Stellafane and the Art of Telescope Making

pg. 66

AstroNews

pg. 72

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 82

AstroMart

pg. 86

Stellar Frontiers

By Barry Parker

The First Galaxies

pg. 94

Through the Eyepiece

Close-up on Cetus

pg. 104

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

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

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