January 1987

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Features

Return to Jupiter

By Gary L. Bennett

pg. 6

Visit the Nearest Stars

By Ken Croswell

pg. 16

Forum

- Continuing the Tradition: Amateur Astronomers and the Space Telescope - First, Find Your Spider - The Universe from British Columbia

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 36

Behind the Scenes

pg. 37

Gazer's Gazette

By Philip M. Bagnall

The Quadrantids: Bright Prospects for 1987

pg. 39

Photography in Astronomy

By Jim Baumgardt

Astrophotography without a Telescope

pg. 46

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Venus Meets Saturn

pg. 54

Equipment Atlas

By Edgar Doleman

How I Built a Real Live Telescope

pg. 63

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 68

AstroMart

pg. 74

Gazer's Gazette

By Alan Hale

Observing the Elusive Comet Wilson

pg. 79

AstroNews

pg. 82

AstroCalendar

pg. 86

Stellar Frontiers

By Charles S. Morris

The Eye's View of Comet Halley

pg. 90

The Backyard Astronomer

Camelopardalis

pg. 102

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

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

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