August 1986

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Features

Eyes on the Earth

By Andrew Maslowski

pg. 6

Site Wanted: Three Domes, Stellar View

By Lys Ann Shore

pg. 14

Forum

- My Most Memorable Comets - Buying a Telescope for the Kid - Telescope/Periscope

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 30

Behind the Scenes

pg. 31

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 35

Photography in Astronomy

By David J. Eicher

Halley Brightens One Last Time

pg. 38

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Perseid Meteors at Their Best

pg. 46

Equipment Atlas

By Matthew F. Willson

Camera Lenses for Deep-Sky Astrophotography

pg. 54

AstroNews

pg. 64

AstroCalendar

pg. 68

AstroMart

pg. 69

Stellar Frontiers

By Claude J. Bauer

COBE's Quest

pg. 74

Gazer's Gazette

By Clive Gibbons

Some Reflections on Earthshine

pg. 83

The Backyard Astronomer

Aquila/Scutum

pg. 86

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

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

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