December 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

Soviets to the Moon: the Untold Story

By Peter Pesavento

pg. 6

Forum

"You Are Going to an Expedition, Not to London"

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Equipment Atlas

By Peter L. Manly

Television in Amateur Astronomy, Part 2

pg. 35

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 39

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Mercury in the Morning Sky

pg. 42

Gazer's Gazette

By Earle F. Dodds

Circumpolar Stars of the North

pg. 51

AstroNews

pg. 60

AstroCalendar

pg. 64

AstroMart

pg. 65

Stellar Frontiers

By Dermott J. Mullan

Tuning into the Interior of a Star

pg. 66

Photography in Astronomy

By Val Akins

Successful Schmidt Camera Photography

pg. 75

The Backyard Astronomer

Eridanus

pg. 78

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

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

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