December 1986

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Features

Reach for the Stars: The Story of Mount Wilson Observatory

By Joseph M. Horodyski

pg. 6

Forum

- Memories of Sputnik - The Clyde Tombaugh Visiting Scholars Program - The Spelling Lesson

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 36

Behind the Scenes

pg. 37

Photography in Astronomy

By Robert Reeves

In Search of Dark Nebulae

pg. 38

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 46

Gazer's Gazette

By Jim Loudon

Learning the Sky by Degrees

pg. 54

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Mars Meets Jupiter

pg. 62

Equipment Atlas

By Kendall Morris

Binoculars for Astronomy

pg. 71

AstroNews

pg. 78

AstroCalendar

pg. 85

Gazer's Gazette

By Michael Rabalais

How to Conquer the Messier Objects

pg. 88

AstroMart

pg. 98

Stellar Frontiers

By James Charles LoPresto

The Rotation of the Sun

pg. 106

The Backyard Astronomer

Monoceros/Canis Major

pg. 118

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

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

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