March 1981

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Features

A World Revealed: Venus by Radar

By Stewart Nozette, Peter Ford

pg. 6

More Science from Saturn

By Richard Berry

pg. 16

Worlds

pg. 20

Forum

- Astronomers Meet in Tucson - A Revolution in Amateur Astronomy

pg. 24

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Winter's Waning Constellations

pg. 30

In Focus

pg. 36

Behind the Scenes

pg. 37

Gazer's Gazette

Observing the Gas Giants

pg. 39

Equipment Atlas

Reflections on Refractors

pg. 47

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 48

Photography in Astronomy

"Bare-Bones" Astrophotography

pg. 52

AstroNews

pg. 58

Stellar Frontiers

By Leon Golub

Solar Magnetism: A New Look

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 72

Through the Eyepiece

Close-up on Gemini

pg. 78

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

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

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