June 1978

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Features

Astronomical Spectroscopy

By Robert Stencel, William Blair, Susan Conat-Stencel

pg. 6

Moon and Earth

pg. 20

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 22

Sky Almanac

Asteroids at Opposition, Planets in Conjunction

pg. 26

Planet Finder - June 1978

pg. 28

Gazer's Gazette

By Dan Koehler

Solar Eclipse 79

pg. 32

Naked Eye Astronomy, Part 1

By Robert Burnham

pg. 34

Photography in Astronomy

By Richard Berry

Astrophotography - With Camera Only!

pg. 42

Stellar Frontiers

By John Gribbin

Gravity, Dust and Solar Neutrinos

pg. 48

Astro-News

pg. 59

Astro-Mart

pg. 65

June Star Dome

By Henry J. Phillips, James Mullaney

pg. 73

Close-Up on the Libra/Lupus Region

pg. 75

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

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

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