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

PANSTARRS information

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

March 1979

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Features
The Grand Adventure
By Dewey Schwartzenburg, Robert Burnham
pg. 6
Hektor: a Strange Asteroid?
pg. 62
Stellar Frontiers
By David J. Darling
How Stars Lose Their Cool
pg. 34
Equipment Atlas
By Richard Berry
Nebular Filters
pg. 51
Gazer's Gazette
By Robert Burnham, Dewey Schwartzenburg
Patrolling the Planets
pg. 42
Sky Almanac
Focus on the Outer Planets
pg. 27
Astro-News
pg. 55
Astronomy Reviews
pg. 64
Astro-Mart
pg. 66
Star Dome
Puppis
pg. 73
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