Volume 31 number 1 — 2003

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Articles in This Issue

Editorial

• Editorial Statement

  Charles A. Whitney

Variable Star Research

• Period Evolution in Mira Variables

  Albert A. Zijlstra, Timothy R. Bedding

• Period Changes in the Long Period Variable TY Cas

  Martha L. Hazen, Janet A. Mattei

• Latest Surprises from Mira the Wonderful

  Margarita Karovska, Massimo Marengo, Brian Wood

• The Deep Impact Mission and the AAVSO

  Karen J. Meech

Instruments, Methods, and Techniques

• JHK Standards for Small Telescopes

  Arne A. Henden

• Quantification of Distant Luminous Objects

  Mario Motta

Education and Outreach

• TOPS Telescope Projects on Variable Stars and Other Objects

  Mary Ann Kadooka, Karen J. Meech, James Bedient

Solar

• A History of the Zurich and American Relative Sunspot Number Indices

  Casper H. Hossfield

History and Biography

• Signs of Eta Carinae Outburst in Artifacts of Ancient Bolivia

  Sallie Teames

• Japan's First Variable Star Observer, Dr. Naozo Ichinohe

  Seiichi Sakuma

• Michiel Daniel Overbeek, 1920--2001

  Janet A. Mattei, Brian Fraser

Abstracts

• 2002 OW Gem Secondary Eclipse: Call for Observations (Abstract)

  Daniel H. Kaiser

• Chemistry Near Evolved Stars via mm Interferometry (Abstract)

  Kevin B. Marvel

• Observations of the Cataclysmic Variable 1 RXP J1131123+4322.5 (Abstract)

  Kirk S. Holtgrewe, Douglas T. Durig

• NASA's Swift Satellite--Gamma-Ray Bursts on the Fly (Abstract)

  Charles J. Rodkey

• Observations and Modeling of the Eclipsing Binary GSC 3515:0865 (Abstract)

  Gary Billings, Dirk Terrell

• Observations of Supernovae and Gamma-Ray Bursts as Co-operative Observing Exercises for Advanced Astronomy Classes (Abstract)

  Douglas T. Durig

• Day-to-Day Variation in Estimates of Sunspot Group Totals (Abstract)

  Carl E. Feehrer

• Detection of Cosmic Rays Coming Into Our Atmosphere with the Help of Some Statistics (Abstract)

  Rodney H. Howe

• Star Modeling with a Laptop (Abstract)

  Bob Nelson

• CE Cas--a Tale of Two Cepheids (Abstract)

  Ronald E. Zissell

• Street Stars (Abstract)

  John Pazmino

Organizational/Administrative

• Minutes of the 91st Spring Meeting (Waikoloa Beach, HI)

  Martha L. Hazen

• AAVSO Observer Award Recipients, 2002

  Anon.

• AAVSO Director's Award Recipients, 2002

  Anon.

• Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Committee Report

  Gary Walker

• Spring 2001-2002 Committee Reports

  Various

• Eclipsing Binary Committee Report

  Marvin E. Baldwin

• New Chart Committee Report

  Charles E. Scovil

• Nova Search Committee Report

  Kenneth C. Beckmann

• Photoelectric Photometry Committee Report

  J. Philip Manker

• RR Lyrae Committee Report

  Marvin E. Baldwin

• Solar Committee Report

  Carl E. Feehrer

• Supernova Search Committee Report

  Robert O. Evans

• Telescope Committee Report

  Charles E. Scovil

• Treasurer's Report, October 1, 2001-March 31, 2002

  Louis Cohen