Volume 16 number 2 — 1987

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Articles in This Issue

History and Biography

• History of Variable Star Nomenclature

  Dorrit Hoffleit

• Antoine Brun: Founder of the AFOEV

  Joel Minois

Instruments, Methods, and Techniques

• Graphical Characterization of RV Tauri Light Curves

  Daniel H. Horowitz

• Observers' Workshop

  AAVSO

Variable Star Research

• The Frequency of Outbursts of the Dwarf Nova U Geminorum

  Lewis M. Cook

• Unusual Behavior of UZ Serpentis

  Gerald P. Dyck

• V377 Cas: A Possibly Misclassified Binocular Variable Star

  Wayne M. Lowder

• Revised Elements for V462 Cygni

  Susan R. Trammell

• V3820 Sagittarii

  Soo J. Chung

• New Elements for CM Scuti

  John D. Olson

• The Changing Period of SZ Tauri

  Susan R. Trammell

• V894 Cygni: Analysis and Interpretation of Variability

  James D. Fahn

• CK Comae Berenices and Its Variable Comparison Star

  David L. Summers

• The First Supplement to a Checklist of Supernovae in the NGC and IC Galaxies Through 1985

  Christopher E. Spratt

• Chasing Supernova 1987A: Part II

  John W. III Griese

• An Observational Demonstration of Angle Error in Visual Magnitude Estimates

  David B. Williams

• A Report on IAU Colloquium No. 98, Variable Star Day in Leiden, and the July Meeting of the British Astronomical Association

  Janet A. Mattei

• Variable Star Observers in Leiden

  Theo Jurriens

Solar

• Final American Relative Sunspot Numbers: 1945.0-1987.5

  Peter O. Taylor

• Smoothed Mean American Relative Sunspot Numbers: 1945.5-1987.0

  Peter O. Taylor

• Definitive Daily American Relative Sunspot Numbers for 1987

  Peter O. Taylor

Letters to the Editor

• Letter to the Editor--"A New Variable and a Rediscovery"

  Daniel H. Kaiser

• Letter to the Editor--"White Light Flare Observing"

  Thomas G. Compton

Abstracts

• Analysis of AAVSO Visual Observations of Cepheid Variable Stars (Abstract)

  John R. Percy, Keith M. Marcus

• Children's Camera Platform for Time Exposures of the Stars (Abstract)

  Kenneth M. Jones

• The New Sunspot Cycle (Abstract)

  Herbert A. Luft

Organizational/Administrative

• Minutes of the 76th Annual Meeting (Cambridge, MA)

  Clinton B. Ford

• Annual Report of the Director for Fiscal Year 1986-1987

  Janet A. Mattei

• Annual 1986-1987 Committee Reports

  Various

• Chart Distribution Report

  AAVSO Headquarters

• Classical Cepheid Committee Report

  Thomas A. Cragg

• New Chart Committee Report

  Clinton B. Ford

• Eclipsing Binary Committee Report

  Marvin E. Baldwin

• Nova and Supernova Search Committee Report

  Kenneth C. Beckmann

• Photoelectric Photometry Committee Report

  Howard J. Landis

• RR Lyrae Committee Report

  Marvin E. Baldwin

• Solar Division Committee Report

  Peter O. Taylor

• Telescope Committee Report

  Charles E. Scovil

• Treasurer's Report, October 1, 1986-September 30, 1987

  Theodore H. N. Wales

Index

• Index to Volume 16

  Anon.