April 1983

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Features

Voyager to Uranus and Neptune

By Van Kane with Charles E. Kohlhase

pg. 6

The Venus Radar Mapping Mission

By Warren W. James

pg. 16

Forum

The Little Rocket That Could

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Gazer's Gazette

By Robert Burnham

Sketching the Moon and Planets

pg. 35

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 39

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

The Moon Occults Jupiter

pg. 42

Equipment Atlas

By Dick Suiter

How to Star Test Your Telescope

pg. 51

AstroNews

pg. 60

Stellar Frontiers

By Frithjof A. S. Sterrenburg

IRAS: Mission Invisible

pg. 66

AstroMart

pg. 71

Photography in Astronomy

December's Dark Lunar Eclipse

pg. 75

The Backyard Astronomer

Ursa Major

pg. 78

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

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

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