Description: Title: Sky and Telescope Date: February, 1979 Pagination: about 70pp in each issue (pp 115–206 in this issue) Condition: Good; covers scuffed and dingy from storage; no address label visible; some issues in this collection have had a bit of highlighting (they belonged to an Astronomy teacher); some foxing on fore-edge and bottom of text block where it sat on the shelf [OCR is approximate, as always] 116 A TALE OF TWO ECLIPSES — Laurence A. Marschall 119 PIONEER VENUS: A FIRST REPORT — Jim Loudon 126 EXAMINING PLANET EARTH 132 THE STRANGE RS CANUM VENATICORUM BINARY STARS — Michael Zeilik, Douglas S. Hall, Paul A. Feldman, and Frederick Walter 138 THE ATKINSON SUNDIAL AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY - Hugh C. Hazelrigg 142 MEASURING RADIAL VELOCITIES WITH AN OBJECTIVE PRISM - Frank Gieseking 146 TESTING GRAVITY IN A BINARY PULSAR 149 AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS Last-Minute Eclipse Notes A Brazilian Observatorys 30th Anniversary 141 ASTRONOMICAL SCRAPBOOK The Star Photographs of Lewis M. Rutherfurd 173 BOOKS AND THE SKY Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites A Handbook of Radio Sources Atlas of Deep-Sky Splendors 168 CELESTIAL CALENDAR Bright Stars and Planets During Totality 145 COMET DIGEST 185 GLEANINGS FOR ATMs Report of a Belgian Telescope Maker Recording the Time on Astronomical Photographs 124 NEWS NOTES 197 OBSERVERS PAGE Astrophotography: Planning Pays Off 160 RAMBLING THROUGH FEBRUARY SKIES 166 SUN, MOON, AND PLANETS THIS MONTH This Landsat false-color picture of southeastern Massachusetts features Cape Cod and the islands of Nantucket (lower right) and Marthas Vineyard. The satellite por- trays highways as thin white streaks, vegetation in red, and cities like Boston (top left) as blue-gray. Landsat, described on page 126, provides high-resolution views of our planet. Image 5390-14124 was taken May 13, 1976. Take a close look at the auction images for details of contents and condition. If you have any questions at all please send a message through eBay before bidding. NOTE: There may be more images in this listing than eBay shows in the top "gallery". Be sure to scroll down to view the full set, if so. Be sure to check our eBay Store for thousands of other listings like this one. Orders will be sent out within three business days of receipt of payment. If youre in a hurry and would like expedited shipping (Priority or Express shipping), please let us know before paying so we can adjust your invoice. Books are sent Media Rate within the US, and other small items are sent Parcel by default. If you would like combined shipping, please (1) contact us to let us know, and then (2) wait to pay until youre finished shopping (but try to keep it within a 4 day period, please). Just leave the items in your eBay Cart and then request an updated invoice after youre done. If you pay for an item, we are obliged to ship it to you, and cannot combine it with subsequent purchases. If youre waiting for a separate auction item to finish, please contact us to let us know. _gsrx_vers_1680 (GS 9.8.3 (1680))
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Publication Name: Sky & Telescope
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Month: February
Genre: Science
Topic: Astronomy, Telescopes
Language: English
Features: Illustrated, 1st Edition
Publisher: Sky Publishing
Publication Frequency: Monthly
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subscription: No
Signed: No
Issue Number: 2
Volume: 57