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

PANSTARRS information

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

February 1975

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Features
Publisher's Memo
pg. 4
Black Holes - Gateway or Grave?
By Daniel J. Willens, Raymond P. Villard
pg. 6
Guest Opinion
By Kip S. Thorne
Why Study Black Holes?
pg. 14
Astronomy Reviews
pg. 16
In Focus
pg. 18
Missions to the Giant Planets
By Terence Dickinson
pg. 20
Stellar Frontiers
By Gerrit L. Verschuur
Ultraviolet Astronomy
pg. 34
Equipment Atlas
Getting to Know Your Telescope Part 2: Setting Circles
pg. 38
Photography in Astronomy
By Von Del Chamberlain
The Night Tourist
pg. 43
Red Window to the Sky
By Leo C. Henzl, Jr.
pg. 47
Astro-Mart
pg. 48
Gazer's Gazette
By Leslie C. Peltier
Hunting Variable Stars
pg. 51
Sky Almanac
Venus & Jupiter Trade Places
pg. 56
Astro-News
pg. 61
February Star Dome
pg. 67
Close-Up on the Orion Region
pg. 71
Eyepiece Impressions
pg. 71
Planet Finder - February 1975
pg. 76
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