November 1987

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Features

Aiming at Neptune

By Charles E. Kohlhase

pg. 6

Explosions in the Solar Atmosphere

By A. Gordon Emslie

pg. 18

Superpower Pact Links Initial Mars Missions

By Stephen Cole

pg. 26

Soviet Phobos Mission to Probe Moons of Mars

By Donald F. Robertson

pg. 29

U.S. Mars Observer Seeks Global View

By Donald F. Robertson

pg. 33

Forum

Globetrotting Observer Paul Maley: Chasing the Fleeting Moment

pg. 40

In Focus

pg. 46

Behind the Scenes

pg. 47

Eye on the Sky

By Robert Burnham

Mercury and Mars in the Dawn

pg. 56

Gazer's Gazette

By Jose Olivarez

Jupiter's Best Show in Twelve Years

pg. 64

Equipment Atlas

By Harry Hammond

Build a Heated Dew Cap for Less than $10

pg. 72

Photography in Astronomy

By Richard Berry

SR-V 3200: The Superfilm from Konica

pg. 78

Astronomy Reviews

pg. 84

AstroNews

pg. 90

AstroCalendar

pg. 94

AstroMart

ASTRONOMY Advertiser Index

pg. 98

The Backyard Astronomer

Fornax

pg. 106

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

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

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