October 1980

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The world's best-selling astronomy magazine offers you the most exciting, visually stunning, and timely coverage of the heavens above. Each monthly issue includes expert science reporting, vivid color photography, complete sky coverage, spot-on observing tips, informative telescope reviews, and much more! All this in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly style that's perfect for astronomers at any level.

Features

Why All the Fuss about Quasars?

By David B. Shaffer, Gregory A. Shields

pg. 6

Voyager Encounters Saturn

pg. 16

Forum

- Encounters with Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin - Oberg in Confusion

pg. 24

Eye on the Sky

Autumn's Watery Constellations

pg. 30

In Focus

pg. 36

Behind the Scenes

pg. 37

Gazer's Gazette

The Zodiacal Light

pg. 40

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 42

Equipment Atlas

How to Buy a Telescope for a Child

pg. 46

Photography in Astronomy

By Lee C. Coombs

Getting the Most from Your Deep-Sky Negatives

pg. 50

AstroNews

pg. 58

Stellar Frontiers

By David J. Darling

Space, Time, and Black Holes

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 72

Through the Eyepiece

Close-up on Pisces

pg. 78

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

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

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