November 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

Mystery of the Missing Mass

By Barry Parker

pg. 6

Fossils of Something Interesting: The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe

By Ann K. Finkbeiner

pg. 18

Forum

The League Convenes in Milwaukee

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

Observing the Local Group of Galaxies

pg. 35

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 39

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Venus Meets Jupiter

pg. 42

Equipment Atlas

By Peter L. Manly

Television in Amateur Astronomy, Part 1

pg. 50

AstroNews

pg. 60

AstroCalendar

pg. 64

AstroMart

pg. 65

Stellar Frontiers

By Sten Odenwald

Does Space Have More Than Three Dimensions?

pg. 66

Photography in Astronomy

By Robert Burnham

Photographing Meteors in Winter

pg. 75

The Backyard Astronomer

Andromeda/Triangulum

pg. 78

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

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

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