December 1987

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Features

How Do Spiral Galaxies Spiral?

By Neil F. Comins, Laurence Marschall

pg. 6

Stellar Frontiers

By Gerrit L. Verschuur

Something Passing in the Night

pg. 26

Forum

- Hot Tub Astronomy: A Star for Everybody - The Primal Fear: Are We Alone? - Eight Ways to Combat Astronomy Burnout

pg. 32

In Focus

pg. 38

Behind the Scenes

pg. 39

ASTRONOMY 1987 Subject Index

pg. 41

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 46

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

December's Germinid Meteors

pg. 58

Equipment Atlas

By David J. Eicher

The ATI "CAT": The Wave of the Future?

pg. 66

Gazer's Gazette

By David H. Levy

How to Discover a Comet

pg. 74

Photography in Astronomy

By Robert Reeves, Mace Hooley

Taming the Schmidt Camera

pg. 82

AstroNews

pg. 94

AstroCalendar

pg. 100

AstroMart

ASTRONOMY Advertiser Index

pg. 102

The Backyard Astronomer

Caelum/Columba/Pictor

pg. 110

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

	Mercury	Mercury	Venus	Venus
RISE	—		—
SET	—		—
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	Mars	Mars	Jupiter	Jupiter	Saturn	Saturn
RISE	—		—		—
SET	—		—		—
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