August 1978

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Features

The Early History of Planet Earth

By William K. Hartmann

pg. 6

Our Dynamic Planet

pg. 20

In Focus

pg. 23

Sky Almanac

By Robert Burnham

Perseids Perk While Planets Lull

pg. 26

Planet Finder - August 1978

pg. 28

Equipment Atlas

By Robert E. Cox

What's Inside Your Telescope? Part 4: Tilted Component and Relay Telescopes

pg. 34

Gazer's Gazette

By Fred Schaaf

Naked Eye Astronomy - Part 2

pg. 42

Photography in Astronomy

By Richard Berry

Exposure in Astrophotography

pg. 48

Stellar Frontiers

By Herbert Frey

Earth's First Oceans

pg. 52

Astro-News

pg. 57

Astro-Mart

pg. 62

August Star Dome

By John G. Harmon, James Mullaney

pg. 73

Close-Up on the Sagittarius Region (Part 2)

pg. 75

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

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

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