April 1984

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The world's best-selling astronomy magazine offers you the most exciting, visually stunning, and timely coverage of the heavens above. Each monthly issue includes expert science reporting, vivid color photography, complete sky coverage, spot-on observing tips, informative telescope reviews, and much more! All this in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly style that's perfect for astronomers at any level.

Features

Superclusters: Giants of the Cosmos

By Laurence A. Marschall

pg. 6

Stars Too Small to Burn

By Ken Croswell

pg. 16

Forum

A Conversation with Astronaut Joseph Allen

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

How to Hunt Down Pluto

pg. 35

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 39

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Mercury's Fleeting Show

pg. 42

Photography in Astronomy

By Carl Buzzard

The Wanderers: A Movie of Planets in Motion

pg. 51

AstroNews

pg. 60

Stellar Frontiers

By Michael Engle

Astronomy from the Shuttle

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 71

Equipment Atlas

By William C. Bell

Computing Times of Sunrise, Sunset, and Twilight

pg. 75

The Backyard Astronomer

Leo/Leo Minor/Sextans

pg. 78

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

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

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