June 1984

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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

Space Stations: The High Frontier

pg. 6

The Star Tar in the Jupier Jars

By Linda J. Strand

pg. 17

Forum

- My Son the Astronomer - Frank Melsheimer: Dr. Telescope - Amateur Astronomer as Gap-Filler

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Gazer's Gazette

By Earle F. Dodds

Viewing the Summer Constellations

pg. 35

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

A Month of Oppositions

pg. 42

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 48

Gazer's Gazette

By Robert Burnham

Observing Uranus and Neptune

pg. 52

AstroNews

pg. 60

AstroCalendar

pg. 64

AstroMart

pg. 65

Stellar Frontiers

By Luis Rodriguez

Cosmic Jets: Bipolar Outflows in the Universe

pg. 66

Equipment Atlas

By Larry C. Sessions

How to Observe Satellites

pg. 75

The Backyard Astronomer

Scorpius

pg. 78

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

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

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