March 1986

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Features

1986: A Busy Year for the Shuttle

pg. 6

Forum

- A Halley Scrapbook: What We Did in 1910 - When Comet Twain Reached Perihelion - Elegy for Miss Covington

pg. 24

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

Halley's Comet Passes the Pleiades

pg. 34

In Focus

pg. 42

Behind the Scenes

pg. 43

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

Halley At Its Best

pg. 46

Eye on the Sky

By Fred Schaaf

Jupiter Gleams in the Morning Sky

pg. 54

Equipment Atlas

By Charles F. Capen

Observing Halley's Comet with Color Filters

pg. 63

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 70

AstroNews

pg. 76

AstroCalendar

pg. 82

AstroMart

pg. 88

Stellar Frontiers

By Humberto Campins, David K. Lynch

The Airborne Assault on Comet Halley

pg. 90

Photography in Astronomy

By Gus E. Johnson

Astrophotography with Your Alt-Azimuth Mounting

pg. 99

The Backyard Astronomer

Lynx

pg. 102

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	Mars	Mars	Jupiter	Jupiter	Saturn	Saturn
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