October 1986

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Features

In and Around Black Holes

By Barry Parker

pg. 6

The New Improved Palomar Sky Survey

By Tom Wilson

pg. 16

Forum

- Bayer's Lost Star - Astronomy from Spacelab

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 36

Behind the Scenes

pg. 37

Gazer's Gazette

By Charles M. Juhnke

A Delightful Dozen of Planetary Nebulae

pg. 39

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 44

Equipment Atlas

By Richard Berry

The 1986 ASTRONOMY Guide to Telescopes

pg. 50

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

A Partial Eclipse of the Sun

pg. 62

Photography in Astronomy

By John C. Waugh

A Dedicated Dabbler Captures the Sky

pg. 70

Photography in Astronomy

By Barry Gordon

Guiding Magnification for Top-Quality Astrophotos

pg. 78

AstroNews

pg. 90

AstroCalendar

pg. 97

AstroMart

pg. 100

Stellar Frontiers

By Gail O. Clark

Stellar Populations: Key to the Clusters

pg. 106

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

Viewing Comet Halley this Fall and Winter

pg. 115

The Backyard Astronomer

Pisces

pg. 118

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

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

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