September 1982

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Features

Venus

By Bruce M. Cordell

pg. 6

Venus: On the Surface

By Van Kane

pg. 15

Forum

- An Interview with Bruce Murray - Why We Need a Space Tug - Alone But Not Lonely

pg. 24

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Constellations Steal the Show

pg. 34

In Focus

pg. 40

Behind the Scenes

pg. 41

Gazer's Gazette

Learning the Fall Constellations

pg. 42

Photography in Astronomy

Focus on Luna

pg. 50

Equipment Atlas

By Edmund A. Fortier

Astronomy in the Garden

pg. 58

AstroNews

pg. 62

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 70

AstroMart

pg. 72

Stellar Frontiers

By Leon Golub

What Heats the Solar Corona?

pg. 74

The Backyard Astronomer

Capricornus

pg. 86

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

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

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