July 1987

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Features

Science at McDonald Observatory

By Robert Reeves

pg. 6

Old and New Views of Solar Prominences

By William Livingston, Oddbjorn Engvold, Eberhart Jensen

pg. 18

Forum

- The Making of Uranometria 2000.0 - A Quick and Dirty Supernova Expedition

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 32

Behind the Scenes

pg. 33

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 36

Gazer's Gazette

By David McConnell

Clouds of the Twilight

pg. 42

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Mercury and Venus Vanish from View

pg. 50

Photography in Astronomy

By Simon Tsang

Photographing the Southern Sky

pg. 58

AstroNews

pg. 68

AstroCalendar

pg. 73

AstroMart

ASTRONOMY Advertiser Index

pg. 74

Stellar Frontiers

By John K. Davies

The Extreme Ultraviolet: A Promising New Window on the Universe

pg. 82

Equipment Atlas

By Wallace G. Pursell

A Portable Photographic Platform

pg. 91

The Backyard Astronomer

Pavo

pg. 94

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

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

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