July 1983

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Features

The Quest for Black Holes

By David J. Darling

pg. 6

Forum

- The Soviet Space Shuttle: What's It Really For - Comet Hunters - A Curious Crew

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Photography in Astronomy

By John Hicks, Don Trombino

Shooting the Sun in Hydrogen-Alpha

pg. 34

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 39

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Venus Shines Bright after Dark

pg. 42

Gazer's Gazette

By Craig Crossen

Studying Galactic Structure with Binoculars

pg. 50

AstroNews

pg. 60

AstroMart

pg. 63

Stellar Frontiers

By Adrian L. Melott

Cosmology on a Computer, Part 2

pg. 66

Equipment Atlas

By Gordon Lynn Brown

Using Setting Circles

pg. 75

The Backyard Astronomer

Lyra

pg. 78

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

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

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