December 1985

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Features

ICE: Mission to a Comet

By Richard Berry

pg. 6

The Fate of the Moon Rocks

By Bridget Mintz Testa

pg. 14

Forum

- Exploring the Tropic of Canopus - Peter van de Kamp and His "Lovely Barnard's Star"

pg. 24

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

Halley: Last Look Before Perihelion

pg. 30

In Focus

pg. 38

Behind the Scenes

pg. 39

Equipment Atlas

By David H. Levy

Discovering Binocular Astronomy

pg. 44

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

An Occultation of Mars

pg. 54

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 62

Photography in Astronomy

By David McConnell

Basic Lunar Photography

pg. 69

AstroNews

pg. 82

AstroCalendar

pg. 86

Stellar Frontiers

By John K. Davies

The Herbig Stars

pg. 90

AstroMart

pg. 96

The Backyard Astronomer

Taurus

pg. 102

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

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

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