February 1987

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Features

Has Cosmology Become Metaphysical?

By Tony Rothman, George Ellis

pg. 6

Forum

- A Child's Perspective of Halley's Comet - How to Teach (and Learn) Astronomy? Write a Column! - The Case against Mars - 'How Much Is That Comet?'

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 34

Behind the Scenes

pg. 35

Equipment Atlas

By Richard C. Walter

What Time Is It?

pg. 38

Photography in Astronomy

By Clive Gibbons

Shooting Galaxies from the Suburbs

pg. 42

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Mercury in the Evening Sky

pg. 50

Gazer's Gazette

By Jeff Kanipe

The Planets of Summer

pg. 58

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 64

AstroMart

pg. 71

AstroNews

pg. 76

AstroCalendar

pg. 81

Stellar Frontiers

By Michael T. Kitt

Sculpting the Moon

pg. 82

The Backyard Astronomer

Vela/Pyxis

pg. 94

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

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

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