April 1982

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Features

The Incredible Skies of Mauna Kea

By Jack B. Marling

pg. 6

Do Supernovae Trigger Star Formation?

By Martin Cohen

pg. 16

Forum

- A Night to Remember - Requiem for a Comet Probe - Moons That Weren't

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Four Planets Reach Yearly Peak

pg. 34

Bright Lights Ahead

By Berry Brunk

pg. 42

Gazer's Gazette

By F. Michael Witkoski

Searching for Supernovae

pg. 51

Photography in Astronomy

Bloopers

pg. 59

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 64

Equipment Atlas

By Paul J. Burke

Alt-Azimuth Setting Circles

pg. 71

AstroNews

pg. 78

AstroMart

pg. 88

Stellar Frontier

By Robert Freitas

Alien Skies

pg. 90

The Backyard Astronomer

Coma Berenices

pg. 100

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

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

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