October 1982

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Features

Searching for THEM: Interstellar Communications

By Jill C. Tarter

pg. 6

Forum

- Reaganspeak - Out of the Whirlwind - Media vs. Shuttle - Pro-Space Politics

pg. 24

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Orionids Unimpaired by Moon

pg. 34

In Focus

pg. 40

Behind the Scenes

pg. 41

Photography in Astronomy

By Berry Brunk

Lunar Eclipse Report

pg. 43

Gazer's Gazette

By Glenn Chaple

The Big Eyes of Small Scopes

pg. 51

Equipment Atlas

By Richard Berry

What Price Portability?

pg. 56

AstroNews

pg. 62

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 72

Stellar Frontiers

By Wallace H. Tucker

Tycho's Supernova

pg. 74

AstroMart

pg. 80

The Backyard Astronomer

Cassiopeia

pg. 86

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

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

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