Year of the Comet
Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)

PANSTARRS information

Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON)

ISON information

Issues

February 1986

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Features
Epsilon Aurigae
By Jeffrey L. Hopkins, Robert E. Stencel
pg. 6
Giacobini-Zinner: 1985's Best Comet
pg. 12
Voyager's Path of Discovery
By Charles E. Kohlhase
pg. 14
Forum
- One Night, Two Men, Three Sites, and 107 Messier Objects - Clyde Tombaugh is 80: A Look Back at Pluto - Halley: Lost in Perpetual Twilight? - Christmas in August
pg. 24
In Focus
pg. 34
Behind the Scenes
pg. 35
Photography in Astronomy
By David J. Eicher
Halley Draws Nearer
pg. 38
Astronomy Reviews
pg. 49
Eye on the Sky
By Fred Schaaf
Halley Reaches Perihelion
pg. 54
Gazer's Gazette
By James Haas
Galactic Clusters for Binoculars
pg. 62
AstroNews
pg. 74
AstroCalendar
pg. 80
AstroMart
pg. 85
Stellar Frontiers
By Barry Parker
The Mysterious Cosmic X-Ray Background
pg. 90
Equipment Atlas
By Dale Dellutri
A Compact Mount for a Compact Scope
pg. 100
The Backyard Astronomer
Carina
pg. 102
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