April 1988

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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

Digging Deeper for Life on Mars

By Michael Carroll

pg. 6

Renaissance on Mount Wilson

By Richard Berry

pg. 18

Forum

- Space Writer Robert M. Powers: Dreaming of Mankind's Life on Mars - Stargqazing from 35,000 Feet

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 30

Behind the Scenes

pg. 31

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 34

Stellar Frontiers

By Stephen A. Gregory

Our Cosmic Horizons - Part Three: The Structure of the Visible Universe

pg. 42

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Venus, the "Evening Star"

pg. 50

Photography in Astronomy

By Andrew Packer

Prime-Focus Photography with Small Telescopes

pg. 58

Equipment Atlas

By David J. Eicher

Tools for Prime-Focus Astrophotography

pg. 62

Gazer's Gazette

By Richard Talcott

The Saturn-Uranus Triple Conjunction

pg. 66

AstroNews

pg. 72

AstroCalendar

pg. 76

AstroMart

ASTRONOMY Advertiser Index

pg. 78

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

Warning: Globular Clusters Can Change Your Life

pg. 82

Reader Reports

By David J. Eicher

Comet Bradfield Grows an Antitail

pg. 90

The Backyard Astronomer

Galaxies in the Great Bear

pg. 94

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

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

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