Volume 9 number 1 — 1980

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Articles in This Issue

Variable Star Research

• Highlights of the Fifth Workshop on Cataclysmic Variables

  Janet A. Mattei

• Recent Work on Mira Variables

  Thomas G. III Barnes, Lee Anne Willson

• A Photoelectric Light Curve and period Study for V448 Cygni

  Patrick Hartigan

• SV Sagittae 1899-1979

  Josefa M. Manella

• A Sky Survey for Delta Scuti Stars

  Jim Albert

• Note on Albert's Sky Survey for Delta Scuti Variable Stars

  Dorrit Hoffleit

• Stars With Spectra Resembling Delta Delphini

  Dorrit Hoffleit

• BZ Monocerotis: An Eclipsing Binary

  Bradley E. Schaefer

History and Biography

• Our Friend, Leslie Peltier: A Personal Reminiscence

  Carolyn Hurless

• Popular Astronomy Magazine and the Development of Variable Star Observing in the United States

  Horace A. Smith

• Joseph Ashbrook, Astronomer-Editor 1918-1980

  Charles A. Whitney

• John J. Ruiz, 1894-1978 Astronomer, Craftsman, and Friend

  Lewis J. Boss

Instruments, Methods, and Techniques

• Julian Day Number for a Given Date

  Gordon Moyer

Letters to the Editor

• Letter to the Editor--"Three Stars With Flashy Futures"

  Joseph Patterson

Organizational/Administrative

• Chart Distribution Report

  AAVSO Headquarters

• New Chart Committee Report

  Clinton B. Ford

• Photoelectric Photometry Committee Report

  Howard J. Landis

• Spring 1979-1980 Committee Reports

  Various

• RR Lyrae Committee Report

  Marvin E. Baldwin

• Variable Star Atlas Committee Report

  Clinton B. Ford

• Eclipsing Binary Committee Report

  Marvin E. Baldwin

• Nova Search Committee Report

  Carmine V. Borzelli Jr.

• Interim Treasurer's Report, October 1, 1979-March 31, 1980

  Theodore H. N. Wales