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

PANSTARRS information

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

July 1978

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Features
Red Dwarf Stars
By Bill Johnson
pg. 6
In Focus
pg. 16
Sky Almanac
By Robert Burnham
Conjunctions, Asteroids and the Sun!
pg. 20
Planet Finder - July 1978
pg. 28
Gazer's Gazette
By Henry J. Phillips
Learning the Constellations Part 3: Summer
pg. 36
Equipment Atlas
By Robert E. Cox
What's Inside Your Telescope? Part 3: Catadioptrics
pg. 42
Celestial Software Part 2: Telling Time
By Richard Berry
pg. 47
Stellar Frontiers
By Virginia Trimble, Martin Rees
Are Galaxies Here to Stay?
pg. 50
Astro-News
pg. 63
Astro-Mart
pg. 67
July Star Dome
By Henry J. Phillips, James Mullaney
pg. 73
Close-Up on the Sagittarius Region (Part 1)
pg. 75
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