June 1986

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Features

Giotto Encounters Comet Halley

By Richard Berry

pg. 6

Forum

- The Mystery of the Night - Rediscovering the Wonder of Singapore Nights

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 38

Behind the Scenes

pg. 39

Photography in Astronomy

By David J. Eicher

Halley Emerges in the Morning

pg. 40

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 50

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Mercury Joins Venus in the Evening Sky

pg. 56

Equipment Atlas

By Frank J. Melillo

Getting Started in Photoelectric Photometry

pg. 65

AstroNews

pg. 73

AstroCalendar

pg. 79

Gazer's Gazette

By Jeff Kanipe

Springtime on Mars: A Rare Opposition

pg. 80

AstroMart

pg. 88

Stellar Frontiers

By Stephen Cole, Richard Talcott

Intensely Seeking Halley

pg. 94

The Backyard Astronomer

Hercules

pg. 106

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

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

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