May 1987

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Features

M-87: Describing the Indescribable

By Jeff Kanipe

pg. 6

Voyage into the Third Dimension

By Gary L. Bennett

pg. 14

Forum

- In the Glare of the New Moon - An Observer's Midsummer Night's Dream - Starlight Reflected in a Diamond

pg. 24

In Focus

pg. 36

Behind the Scenes

pg. 37

Photography in Astronomy

By Rick Dilsizian

Photographing Our Nearest Star

pg. 38

Equipment Atlas

By Robert Monaghan

Building Fun Telescopes for Less than $10

pg. 46

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Conjunction of Jupiter and Venus

pg. 54

Gazer's Gazette

By Craig Crossen

Observing Spring Galaxies with Binoculars

pg. 62

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 68

AstroNews

pg. 74

AstroCalendar

pg. 78

AstroMart

pg. 83

Stellar Frontiers

By Sten Odenwald

To the Big Bang and Beyond

pg. 90

Gazer's Gazette

By David J. Eicher

How to View This Summer's Pluto-Charon Transits

pg. 96

The Backyard Astronomer

Bootes

pg. 102

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

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

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