August 1987

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Features

The Impending Crisis of Space Debris

By Joseph A. Lovece

pg. 6

The Telescope That Never Sleeps

By Lys Ann Shore

pg. 14

Forum

- How Dark Was the Night of the Boston Tea Party? - Winning the Battle of the Space Budget - Observing an Amateur Astronomer: His Wife's View

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 30

Behind the Scenes

pg. 31

Equipment Atlas

By Bruce McClure

Watching Earth Move with the Shadow Clock

pg. 32

Gazer's Gazette

By Jay Anderson

Prospects for the March 1988 Total Solar Eclipse

pg. 38

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Perseids Contend with Moonlight

pg. 46

AstroReviews

pg. 52

Photography in Astronomy

By Matthew F. Willson

Tips for Shooting Clusters and Nebulae

pg. 56

AstroNews

pg. 64

AstroCalendar

pg. 67

AstroMart

ASTRONOMY Advertiser Index

pg. 70

Stellar Frontiers

By Carl Pennypacker

Searching for Supernovae: The Discovery in M-99

pg. 74

The Backyard Astronomer

Cassiopeia

pg. 86

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

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

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