Volume 44 number 1 — 2016

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Articles in This Issue

Editorial

• The (Variable) Stars Belong to Everyone

  John R. Percy

Variable Star Research

• Appearance of Special UGSU-type Phenomenon in the Light Curve of UGZ White Dwarf Nova RX Andromedae

  András Timár

• Analysis of the Petersen Diagram of Double Mode High Amplitude δ Scuti Stars

  Riccardo Furgoni

• Period Analysis, Photometry, and Astrophysical Modelling of the Contact Eclipsing Binary BC Gruis

  David J. W. Moriarty

• TU Comae Berenices: Blazhko RR Lyrae Star in a Potential Binary System

  Pierre de Ponthière, Franz-Josef (Josch) Hambsch, Kenneth Menzies, Richard Sabo

• Times of Minima and New Ephemerides for Southern Hemisphere Eclipsing Binary Stars Observed in 2015

  Hristo Pavlov, Anthony Mallama, Brian Loader, Stephen Kerr

• A Photometric Study of the Eclipsing Binary Star V2790 Orionis

  Edward J. Michaels

• Long-Term Radial Velocity Monitoring of the HeI 6678 Line of zeta Tau

  Ernst Pollmann

• Analysis of Pulsating Components in the Eclipsing Binary Systems LT Herculis, RZ Microscopii, LY Puppis, V632 Scorpii, and V638 Scorpii

  Margaret Streamer, Terry Bohlsen, Yenal Ogmen

• Intermittent Multi-Color Photometry for V1017 Sagittarii

  Arlo U. Landolt

• The Variable Star V Sculptoris

  Arlo U. Landolt

• A Photometric Study of the Eclipsing Binary Star V958 Monocerotis

  Edward J. Michaels

Instruments, Methods, and Techniques

• Monitoring the Continuing Spectral Evolution of Nova Delphini 2013 (V339 Del) with Low Resolution Spectroscopy

  Howard D. Mooers, William S. Wiethoff, Alexander Evich

• Observing Globular Cluster RR Lyrae Variables with the BYU West Mountain Observatory

  Elizabeth J. Jeffery, Michael D. Joner

Variable Star Data

• Recent Maxima of 74 Short Period Pulsating Stars

  Gerard Samolyk

• Recent Minima of 193 Eclipsing Binary Stars

  Gerard Samolyk

Education and Outreach

• An Undergraduate Research Experience on Studying Variable Stars

  Ariel Amaral, John R. Percy

Book Reviews

• Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons, Eclipses, and More

  John R. Percy

Abstracts

• AAVSO Research Highlights on CV Research (Abstract)

  Stella Kafka

• The Great UXOR Hunt--an Update (Abstract)

  Michael Poxon

• The First Results from the DESK Survey (Abstract)

  Joey Rodriguez (The KELT Team)

• Revisiting Caroline Furness’s An Introduction to the Study of Variable Stars on its Centenary (Poster abstract)

  Kristine Larsen

• Identifying SRD Variables Among “Miscellaneous” ASAS Stars (Poster abstract)

  Michael Quinonez, Kristine Larsen

• How Accurately Can We Predict Eclipses for Algol? (Poster abstract)

  David Turner

• Searching for Atmospheric Signatures of Other Worlds (Abstract)

  Mercedes Lopez-Morales

• Hubble Exoplanet Pro/Am Collaboration (Abstract)

  Dennis M. Conti

• The Quest for Identifying BY Draconis Stars within a Data Set of 3,548 Candidate Cepheid Variable Stars (Abstract)

  Jessica Johnson

• An Update on the Status of RR Lyrae Research—Report of the RRL2015 Meeting (October, Hungary) (Abstract)

  Katrien Kolenberg

• Observing RR Lyrae Variables in the M3 Globular Cluster with the BYU West Mountain Observatory (Abstract)

  Michael D. Joner

• Time Series Observations of the 2015 Eclipse of b Persei (not beta Persei) (Abstract)

  Donald F. Collins

• Astronomical League Observing Programs Supported by the AAVSO (Abstract)

  Mike Simonsen

• Mr. Birmingham and His New Star (Abstract)

  John O’Neill

• Impacts of Extended Periods of Low Solar Activity on Climate (Abstract)

  William F. Denig

• Should We Try to Re-Construct the American Relative Sunspot Index (Ra)? (Abstract)

  Rodney Howe

• Why are the Daily Sunspot Observations Interesting? One Observer’s Perspective (Abstract)

  Frank Dempsey

• Last Rites for Cataclysmic Variables: Death by Fire, or Ice? (Abstract)

  Joseph Patterson

• APASS as a Tool for Calibrating the Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation (Abstract)

  David Turner

• New Release of the BSM Epoch Photometry Database (Abstract)

  Arne Henden

• A Chart Display and Reporting App for Windows (Abstract)

  Michael Poxon

• Finding New Variable Stars (Abstract)

  Michael D. Joner

• The AAVSO Hall of Fame (Abstract)

  Mike Simonsen