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

PANSTARRS information

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

November 1982

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Features
Looking Inside Quasars
By Jack Schendel
pg. 6
Forum
- The League Meets in Peoria - A Westerbork Decade
pg. 24
In Focus
pg. 36
Behind the Scenes
pg. 37
Equipment Atlas
By Ken Hulme
Seeing Double
pg. 39
Astronomy Reviews
pg. 43
Eye on the Sky
By Fred Schaaf
Moon Occults Mars
pg. 46
Photography in Astronomy
- A 12-1/2-inch Ritchey-Chretien - Film Loading Tips
pg. 55
AstroNews
pg. 64
AstroMart
pg. 71
Stellar Frontiers
By Laurence A. Marschall
Galactic Coronas
pg. 74
Gazer's Gazette
By Brian Jones
21 Objects for Binocular Observers
pg. 82
The Backyard Astronomer
Andromeda
pg. 87
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