June 1980

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Features

Cosmic Contamination

By Stephen M. Richardson, Lee Anne Willson

pg. 6

Forum

- Pluto's Birthday Party - The End of Myth?

pg. 24

Eye on the Sky

Venus Points to Mercury

pg. 30

Eclipse Special

Totality

pg. 38

Gazer's Gazette

Watching the Lunar Phases

pg. 46

In Focus

pg. 50

Behind the Scenes

pg. 51

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 52

Equipment Atlas

By Richard Berry, Bob Kestner

How to Build a Dobsonian Telescope - I

pg. 54

AstroNews

pg. 58

Stellar Frontiers

By Ben Mayer

KAO: Mission Incredible

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 72

Through the Eyepiece

Close-Up on Centaurus/Crux

pg. 78

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

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

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