Volume 35 number 2 — 2007

Order a printed copy

Articles in This Issue

Variable Star Research

• Finding Periods in High Mass X-Ray Binaries

  Gordon E. Sarty, Laszlo L. Kiss, Helen M. Johnston, Richard Huziak, Kinwah Wu

• The Pulsation Properties of the Double-Mode RR Lyrae Variable V79 in Messier 3

  Christine M. Clement, Mike Thompson

• A Search for Random Cycle-to-Cycle Period Fluctuations in Five delta Scuti, SX Phoenicis, and RR Lyrae Variables

  John R. Percy, Kaushala Bandara, Pietro Cimino

• V407 Scorpii: A Revised Period and Epoch for Maximum Brightness

  Peter F. Williams

• New Eclipse Timings and Preliminary Analysis of USNO-A2.0 1425-05691757

  Matthew A. Wood, Walter Van Hamme, Vanessa Wilkat

• Light and Color Curves of the Unusual Slow Nova LMC 2005

  William Liller, Bernard Heathcote, Giorgio Di Scala, William Allen

• Search for "Lost" Variables in Carina. I. The Cape Variables

  Mati Morel, Giorgio Di Scala

History and Biography

• The History of AAVSO Charts, Part II: The 1960s Through 2006

  Kerriann H. Malatesta, Michael A. Simonsen, Charles E. Scovil

• A History of AAVSO's Headquarters

  Michael Saladyga

Instruments, Methods, and Techniques

• Digital Nova Searching

  Michael Mattei

Book Reviews

• Book Review: David Levy's Guide to Variable Stars (Levy)

  David B. Williams

• Book Review: Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Johnson)

  David Turner

Abstracts

• Ten-Year BVRI Monitoring of the Unique Hdrogen Maser Star MWC349 (Abstract)

  Vladimir Strelnitski

• The International Variable Star Index (VSX) (Abstract)

  Christopher L. Watson, Arne A. Henden, Aaron Price

• Effect of Finite Resolution on Magnitude Estimates (Abstract)

  Grant Foster

• In the Hunt for Variable Stars: Digging Into the Data Mine (Abstract)

  Theo Jones, Pebble Richwine

• Real Time Photometry and Follow-up of Variable Stars (Abstract)

  Steve Brady

• Secular Variations in CCD Transformation Coefficients (Abstract)

  Ronald E. Zissell

• Astronomy Teaching Resources: GEMS From the Lawrence Hall of Science (Abstract)

  Pebble Richwine, Timothy Slater

• Fun Physics Demonstrations for Astronomy Outreach (Abstract)

  Mary Ann Kadooka

• Progress and Prospects--The AAVSO-AL Observing Venture (Abstract)

  Roger Kolman, Barry Beaman

• Harvard Plate Digitization Progress Report (Abstract)

  Edward Los

• Sunshine At Ground Zero (Abstract)

  John Pazmino

Organizational/Administrative

• Minutes of the 95th Annual Meeting (Newton, MA)

  Gary Walker

• New Members

  Anon.

• AAVSO Merit Award Recipient, 2006

  Anon.

• AAVSO Special Recognition Award Recipients, 2006

  Anon.

• AAVSO William Tyler Olcott Award Recipient, 2006

  Anon.

• Deceased Members, Observers, and Colleagues

  Anon.

• AAVSO Nova Award Recipient, 2006

  Anon.

• AAVSO Solar Observer Award Recipients, 2006

  Anon.

• AAVSO Staff Recognition Award Recipients, 2006

  Anon.

• Annual Report of the Director for Fiscal Year 2005-2006

  Arne A. Henden

• Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Committee Report

  Gary Walker

• Annual 2005-2006 Committee Reports

  Various

• Eclipsing Binary Committee Report

  Marvin E. Baldwin

• Nova Search Committee Report

  Kenneth C. Beckmann

• Photoelectric Photometry Committee Report

  AAVSO Headquarters

• RR Lyrae Committee Report

  Marvin E. Baldwin

• Solar Committee Report

  Paul Mortfield

• Supernova Search Committee Report

  AAVSO Headquarters

• Treasurer's Report, October 1, 2005-September 30, 2006

  Louis Cohen

Index

• Index to Volume 35

  Anon.

Errata

• Errata: Hazen, M. L., Vol. 32, p. 141

  Anon.

• Errata: Hazen, M. L., Vol. 32, p. 141

  Martha L. Hazen

• Errata: Szkody, Homer, and Henden, Vol. 35, p. 307

  Anon.

• Errata: Szkody, Homer, and Henden, Vol. 35, p. 307

  Paula Szkody, Lee Homer, Arne A. Henden

• Errata: Walker, G., Vol. 34, p. 287

  Anon.

• Errata: Walker, G., Vol. 34, p. 287

  Gary Walker

• Errata: Williams, T. R., Vol. 35, p. 317

  Anon.

• Errata: Williams, T. R., Vol. 35, p. 317

  Thomas R. Williams