Year of the Comet
Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

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Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

August 1973

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Hour of the midday night
By Jay M. Pasachoff
Stellar Frontiers
By Wm. Bruce Weaver
In Search of Planet X
Gazer's Gazette
By R. Newton Mayall
Mystery Stars
August Star Dome
By John G. Harmon
Photography in Astronomy
By John Sanford
Optics for Astrophotography
Sky Almanac
By Terence Dickinson
Perseid Meteor Shower, Jupitor, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Comet Kohoutek
August Variable Star
By R. Newton Mayall
Constellation Close-up
By Thomas C. Bretl
Capricornus
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