November 1986

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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

On Course for Neptune

By Charles E. Kohlhase

pg. 6

Why Can't We Explore a Comet?

By Donald F. Robertson

pg. 16

Forum

- Mean Skies: One Night in the Life of Arnold Jerrold - An Interview with Astronaut Joe Allen

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 38

Behind the Scenes

pg. 39

Three Faces of Halley

pg. 44

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 47

Photography in Astronomy

By Mace Hooley

Advanced Astrophotography

pg. 50

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Mercury in the Morning Sky

pg. 58

Gazer's Gazette

By Mark Whiteman

Eclipse Predictions On Your Computer

pg. 67

Equipment Atlas

By Lee Cain

Are Two Eyes Better Than One?

pg. 75

AstroNews

pg. 78

AstroCalendar

pg. 84

AstroMart

pg. 90

Stellar Frontiers

By Sheridan Simon

The View From Europa

pg. 98

Gazer's Gazette

By Richard Talcott

A Transit of Mercury

pg. 107

The Backyard Astronomer

Sculptor/Phoenix

pg. 110

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

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

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