Volume 34 number 2 — 2006

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Articles in This Issue

Variable Star Research

• Do Yellow Semiregular (SRd) Variables Show Long Secondary Periods?

  John R. Percy, Claudia Ursprung

• VZ Velorum: 116 Years of a Mira Star

  L†szlo L. Kiss

• SW Horologii--A Mira Variable Star

  Peter F. Williams

• X Muscae--A Large Amplitude Red Variable

  Peter F. Williams

• DI Carinae--A Visual Phase Plot

  Peter F. Williams

• The Characteristic Period of Pulsation of Beta Grus

  Sebasti†n A. Otero, Terry Moon

• A Photometric Study of the Contact Binary System FU Draconis

  Ronald H. Kaitchuck, Robert L. Hill, Alexander Patrick Corn, Joshua Gevirtz, Kara L. Levell, Theanomous Leviatha Valenti

• V478 Lyrae Revisited: a Current Look at Eclipses and Star Spots

  Jerry D. Horne

• A CCD Photometric Study of the W UMa Binary SW Lacertae

  Kevin B. Alton, Dirk Terrell

• CCD Times of Minima for the W UMa Binary System OO Aquilae

  Kevin B. Alton

• V818 Scorpii: Insights From the AAVSO and RASNZ Databases

  Alan Plummer

• New Northern Hemisphere Variables

  Donald Davies

• A New Eclipsing Binary Star in Delphinus

  Tom Glinos, Wendee Wallach-Levy, David H. Levy

• T Canis Majoris--A Case of Mistaken Identity

  Peter F. Williams

Variable Star Data

• The AAVSO Data Validation Project

  Kerriann H. Malatesta, Sara J. Beck, Gamze Menali, Elizabeth O. Waagen

Education and Outreach

• A Needs Analysis Study of Amateur Astronomers for the National Virtual Observatory

  Aaron Price, Louis Cohen, Janet A. Mattei, Nahide Craig

History and Biography

• Note on a Determination of the Date of the Founding of the AAVSO

  Michael Saladyga

• A Lens in Limbo--The Maria Mitchell Memorial Astrograph

  Paul A. Valleli

Book Reviews

• Book Review--The Light-Time Effect in Astrophysics: Causes and Cures of the O-C Diagram (Sterken, ed.)

  John R. Percy

Abstracts

• Long-Term Light Curves of Cepheid Variables (Abstract)

  Grant Foster

• Photometry of eta Aquilae (Abstract)

  Jerry Doug West, William Douglas Hodgson, Kenneth D. Luedeke

• Time Series Observations of UX Ursae Majoris (Abstract)

  William R. Alexander, John Hall, Ty Nelson, Danielle Miller

• V725 Sagittarii: Real-Time Evolution of a Pulsating Star (Abstract)

  John R. Percy, Anna Molak, Hugh Lund, M. Danie Overbeek, Amelia Wehlau, Peter F. Williams

• CY Aquarii Revisited (Abstract)

  Ronald E. Zissell

• Some Recently-Discovered Red and Brown Dwarfs (Abstract)

  Frederick R. West

• A New Look at Johnson/Cousins Photometric Filters (Abstract)

  Don S. Goldman, Arne A. Henden, Chester A. Schuler

• Searching for Open Cluster Variable Stars Using Short Duration Unfiltered Images (Abstract)

  Jeffrey A. Wilkerson, T. S. Brown, B. K. Lacoul

• Deep Impact 9P/Tempel 1 Student Projects (Abstract)

  Mary Ann Kadooka

• Remote Observing With SLOOH (Abstract)

  Matt BenDaniel

• SS-AT--A Remote Telescope for Pretty Pictures, Science Projects, and Real Research (Abstract)

  Barry B. Beaman

• Preliminary Findings on the Impact of Observing Variable Stars on Middle School Students' Beliefs and Attitudes**(Abstract)

  Pebble Richwine, James R. Bedient, Timothy Slater

• Update on the Harvard College Observatory Plate Digitization Project (Abstract)

  Edward J. Los

• Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, Astronomer and Civil War General (Abstract)

  Gerald P. Dyck

• Some Notes from Annie Jump Cannon's Notebooks (Abstract)

  Barbara L. Welther

• Station at the Center of the Universe (Abstract)

  John Pazmino

Organizational/Administrative

• Minutes of the 94th Annual Meeting (Cambridge, MA)

  Gary Walker

• Deceased Members, Observers, and Colleagues

  Anon.

• New Members

  Anon.

• AAVSO Merit Award Recipient, 2005

  Anon.

• AAVSO Nova Award Recipient, 2005

  Anon.

• AAVSO Special Recognition Award Recipients, 2005

  Anon.

• AAVSO William Tyler Olcott Award Recipient, 2005

  Anon.

• AAVSO Staff Recognition Award Recipients, 2005

  Anon.

• Annual Report of the Director for Fiscal Year 2004-2005

  Arne A. Henden

• Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Committee Report

  Gary Walker

• Fall 2002-2003 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

  AAVSO Headquarters

• 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, 2004-September 30, 2005

  Louis Cohen

Index

• Index to Volume 34

  Anon.