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The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers
Volume 44, Number 1, 2016
Table of contents
Editorial
The (Variable) Stars Belong to Everyone
John R. Percy 1
Variable Star Research
Appearance of Special UGSU-type Phenomenon in the Light Curve of UGZ White Dwarf Nova RX Andromedae
András Timár
Analysis of the Petersen Diagram of Double Mode High Amplitude δ Scuti Stars
Riccardo Furgoni
Period Analysis, Photometry, and Astrophysical Modelling of the Contact Eclipsing Binary BC Gruis
David J. W. Moriarty
TU Comae Berenices : Blazhko RR Lyrae Star in a Potential Binary System
Pierre de Ponthière, Franz-Josef (Josch) Hambsch, Kenneth Menzies, Richard Sabo
Times of Minima and New Ephemerides for Southern Hemisphere Eclipsing Binary Stars Observed in 2015
Hristo Pavlov, Anthony Mallama, Brian Loader, Stephen Kerr
A Photometric Study of the Eclipsing Binary Star V2790 Orionis
Edward J. Michaels
Long-Term Radial Velocity Monitoring of the HeI 6678 Line of zeta Tauri
Ernst Pollmann
Analysis of Pulsating Components in the Eclipsing Binary Systems LT Herculis, RZ Microscopii, LY Puppis, V632 Scorpii and V638 Scorpii
Margaret Streamer, Terry Bohlsen, Yenal Ogmen
Intermittent Multi-Color Photometry for V1017 Sagittarii
Arlo U. Landolt
The Variable Star V Sculptoris
Arlo U. Landolt
A Photometric Study of the Eclipsing Binary Star V958 Monocerotis
Edward J. Michaels
Instruments, Methods, and Techniques
Monitoring the Continuing Spectral Evolution of Nova Delphini 2013 (V339 Del) with Low Resolution Spectroscopy
Howard D. Mooers, William S. Wiethoff, Alexander Evich
Observing Globular Cluster RR Lyrae Variables with the BYU West Mountain Observatory
Elizabeth J. Jeffery, Michael D. Joner
Variable Star Data
Recent Maxima of 74 Short Period Pulsating Stars
Gerard Samolyk
Recent Minima of 193 Eclipsing Binary Stars
Gerard Samolyk
Education and Outreach
An Undergraduate Research Experience on Studying Variable Stars
Ariel Amaral, John R. Percy
Book Review
Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More
John R. Percy
Abstracts of Papers and Posters Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the AAVSO, Held in Woburn, Massachusetts, November 13–14, 2015
General Paper Session Part I
AAVSO Research Highlights on CV Research
Stella Kafka
The Great UXOR Hunt--an Update
Michael Poxon
The First Results from the DESK Survey
Joey Rodriguez (The KELT Team
Revisiting Caroline Furness’s An Introduction to the Study of Variable Stars on its Centenary (Poster)
Kristine Larsen
Identifying SRD Variables Among “Miscellaneous” ASAS Stars (Poster)
Michael Quinonez, Kristine Larsen
How Accurately Can We Predict Eclipses for Algol? (Poster)
David Turner
Searching for Atmospheric Signatures of Other Worlds
Mercedes Lopez-Morales
Hubble Exoplanet Pro/Am Collaboration
Dennis M. Conti
The Quest for Identifying BY Draconis Stars within a Data Set of 3,548 Candidate Cepheid Variable Stars
Jessica Johnson
General Paper Session Part II
An Update on the Status of RR Lyrae Research—Report of the RRL2015 Meeting (October, Hungary)
Katrien Kolenberg
Observing RR Lyrae Variables in the M3 Globular Cluster with the BYU West Mountain Observatory
Michael D. Joner
Time Series Observations of the 2015 Eclipse of b Persei (not beta Persei)
Donald F. Collins
Astronomical League Observing Programs Supported by the AAVSO
Mike Simonsen
Mr. Birmingham and His New Star
John O’Neill
Impacts of Extended Periods of Low Solar Activity on Climate
William F. Denig
Should We Try to Re-Construct the American Relative Sunspot Index (Ra)?
Rodney Howe
Why are the Daily Sunspot Observations Interesting? One Observer’s Perspective
Frank Dempsey
General Paper Session Part III
Last Rites for Cataclysmic Variables: Death by Fire, or Ice?
Joseph Patterson
APASS as a Tool for Calibrating the Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation
David Turner
New Release of the BSM Epoch Photometry Database
Arne Henden
A Chart Display and Reporting App for Windows
Michael Poxon
Finding New Variable Stars
Michael D. Joner
The AAVSO Hall of Fame
Mike Simonsen