July 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

White Dwarfs: Big Things in Small Packages

By Anthony J. Nicastro

pg. 6

Those Amazing White Drawfs

By Barry Parker

pg. 15

Forum

- A True Confession - Undesirable Aliens

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Photography in Astronomy

By Jack B. Newton

Report on VR-1000

pg. 35

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 38

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Outer Planets Dominate

pg. 42

Gazer's Gazette

By Steven Bardwell

Observing Nebulosities in Cygnus

pg. 50

AstroNews

pg. 60

AstroCalendar

pg. 64

Stellar Frontiers

By Nebojsa Duric

A New Source of Cosmic Rays?

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 72

Equipment Atlas

By Bryan P. Shumaker

Make Your Dobsonian Telescope Easier to Use

pg. 76

The Backyard Astronomer

Ophiuchus/Serpens Cauda

pg. 78

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

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

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