September 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

What Have We Learned From Comet Halley?

By Richard Berry, Richard Talcott

pg. 6

Forum

On The Road With Comet Halley

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 36

Behind the Scenes

pg. 37

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

Last Look at Halley

pg. 40

Equipment Atlas

By Scott McGurk

Astrophotography with Image Intensifiers

pg. 48

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Venus Vanishes Into the Twilight

pg. 56

Gazer's Gazette

By Charles F. Capen

Hunting Martian "Astroblemes"

pg. 65

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 77

AstroNews

pg. 82

AstroCalendar

pg. 87

AstroMart

pg. 88

Stellar Frontiers

By David J. Eicher

Goodbye, Halley!

pg. 94

Photography in Astronomy

By Mace Hooley

Processing Astroslides Yourself

pg. 102

The Backyard Astronomer

Aquarius

pg. 106

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

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

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