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

PANSTARRS information

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

June 1976

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Features
Asteroids
By David Morrison
pg. 6
1976 AA: Discovery of a Minor Planet
By Eleanor F. Helin, Eugene M. Shoemaker
pg. 13
Fragment from a Young Asteroid?
By Donald Bogard
pg. 14
Gazer's Gazette
By Richard Berry
Viewing the Full Moon
pg. 18
Equipment Atlas
By Henry J. Phillips
What You Can See Through a Small Refractor
pg. 27
Astronomy Reviews
pg. 32
Photography in Astronomy
By Hal Jandorf
Photograph the Milky Way
pg. 34
Setting Up An Astrodarkroom
By Richard Berry
pg. 42
Sky Almanac
Planets Go A.W.O.L.
pg. 49
Astro-Mart
pg. 57
Astro-News
pg. 59
June Star Dome
By James Mullaney, Henry J. Phillips
pg. 66
Close-Up on the Serpens Caput Region
pg. 72
Eyepiece Impressions
pg. 72
Planet Finder - June 1976
pg. 76
July Sky Map
pg. 79
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