April 1987

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Features

Betelgeuse

By David H. Levy, Peter Jedicke

pg. 6

IUE: Nine Years of Astronomy

By Lys Ann Shore

pg. 14

Forum

- The Last Days of Richard Carrington - Hot Tub Astronomy: A Fire on the Moon - The Scientific and Cultural Heritage of Allegheny Observatory

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 36

Behind the Scenes

pg. 37

Photography in Astronomy

By Rick Dilsizian

Gaining Confidence with Piggyback Astrophotography

pg. 39

Gazer's Gazette

By John Mood

Star Hopping to a Quasar

pg. 49

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

A Lunar Occultation of Venus

pg. 56

Equipment Atlas

By Jeffrey Charles, Robert Reeves, Chris Schur

How to Build and Use an All-Sky Camera

pg. 64

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 72

AstroNews

pg. 76

AstroCalendar

pg. 81

AstroMart

pg. 85

Stellar Frontiers

By David J. Darling

Star Trek - Part Two: To Distant Shores

pg. 94

The Backyard Astronomer

Draco

pg. 106

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

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

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