Year of the Comet
Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

PANSTARRS information

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

September 1981

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Features
Ghostly Drummers and Zenith Tubes
By Ben Mayer
pg. 6
Mr. Halley's Hairy Star
By Gary W. Kronk
pg. 16
Forum
The Unslandering of Sloppy Pierre
pg. 24
Eye on the Sky
By Fred Schaaf
September: Trios and Conjunctions
pg. 30
In Focus
pg. 36
Behind the Scenes
pg. 37
Gazer's Gazette
By David Ficher
The Pleasures of Deep-Sky Observing
pg. 39
Equipment Atlas
Handcrafted Homebuilt Telescopes
pg. 48
AstroNews
pg. 58
Astronomy Reviews
pg. 62
Stellar Frontiers
By Clarence H. Annett
The Infrared Universe, Part 1
pg. 66
AstroMart
pg. 72
Through the Eyepiece
Close-up on Aquarius
pg. 78
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