January 1986

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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

Deep Time: The Fate of the Universe

By David J. Darling

pg. 6

Building the Space Telescope's Optical System

By Gary Watson

pg. 14

Forum

- The Main Sequence Blues - Stalking An Asteroid's Shadow

pg. 24

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

Amateur Astronomers Observe Halley's Comet

pg. 30

In Focus

pg. 38

Behind the Scenes

pg. 39

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 42

Equipment Atlas

By Basil O'Fee

Sundials

pg. 47

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Halley's Show in the Evening Sky

pg. 54

Photography in Astronomy

By Ben Pate

How to Revive Dull Astrophotos

pg. 62

AstroNews

pg. 74

AstroCalendar

pg. 79

AstroMart

pg. 85

Stellar Frontiers

By George Reed

Astronomy and Astrology: East vs. West

pg. 90

Gazer's Gazette

By Bill Katz

Chasing the Ogre

pg. 99

The Backyard Astronomer

Auriga

pg. 102

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

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

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