April 1986

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Features

Uranus: The Voyage Continues

By Richard Berry

pg. 6

Forum

Planetary Astronomers Meet in Baltimore

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 34

Behind the Scenes

pg. 35

Photography in Astronomy

By David J. Eicher

Halley Plunges Behind the Sun

pg. 42

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Curtain Call for Comet Halley

pg. 50

Equipment Atlas

By Mike Simmons

How I Designed the Ultimate Astrographic Telescope

pg. 58

AstroMart

pg. 64

AstroNews

pg. 69

AstroCalendar

pg. 73

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 75

Stellar Frontiers

The Changing Face of Comet Halley

pg. 82

Gazer's Gazette

By Jeff Kanipe

After Halley . . . Saturn at Opposition

pg. 89

The Backyard Astronomer

Virgo

pg. 94

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

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

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