January 1983

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Features

To Sculpt the Galaxies

By Francis Reddy

pg. 6

Space Art in Hawaii

By Michael Carroll

pg. 16

Forum

- Voyager: Technological Totem - Non-Astronomers Are People, Too

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Photography in Astronomy

By Roger Sliva

Getting the Most from Slide Films

pg. 35

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Jupiter Gleams in Scorpius

pg. 42

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 48

Equipment Atlas

By Nicholas Henderson

A Mini-Observatory for Your Backyard

pg. 52

AstroNews

pg. 60

Stellar Frontiers

By Philip A. Stahl

Prominences

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 72

Gazer's Gazette

The Great 1983 Almanac Skychart

pg. 76

The Backyard Astronomer

Orion

pg. 78

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

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

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