February 1983

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Features

Vesta: A World of Its Own

By William K. Hartmann

pg. 6

From Chaos to Consciousness

By Mike Corwin

pg. 14

Forum

- A Letter to Aspiring Astronomers - Gerald Kron and the 1P21 Photomultiplier

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

Capturing Deep Sky Objects on Paper

pg. 35

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 39

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Conjunctions Light Up the Sky

pg. 42

Equipment Atlas

By Russell M. Genet

Backyard Photoelectric Photometry

pg. 51

AstroNews

pg. 60

AstroMart

pg. 65

Stellar Frontiers

By Douglas Hall

- Starspots

pg. 66

Photography in Astronomy

By Steve Reed

Off-Axis Guiding: Pain or Panacea

pg. 75

The Backyard Astronomer

Canis Major

pg. 78

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

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

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