Volume 46 number 1 — 2018

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Articles in This Issue

Editorial

• Editorial: What Use Is Astronomy?

  John R. Percy

Variable Star Research

• CCD Photometry and Roche Modeling of the Eclipsing Deep Low Mass, Overcontact Binary Star System TYC 2058-753-1

  Kevin B. Alton

• A Photometric Study of the Eclipsing Binary NSV 1000

  Thomas J. Richards, Colin S. Bembrick

• A 1,574-Day Periodicity of Transits Orbiting KIC 8462852

  Gary Sacco, Linh D. Ngo, Julien Modolo

• Optical Flares and Quasi-Periodic Pulsations (QPPs) on CR Draconis during Periastron Passage

  Gary Vander Haagen

• A Photometric Study of the Contact Binary V737 Cephei

  Edward J. Michaels

• KIC 8462852: Maria Mitchell Observatory Photographic Photometry 1922 to 1991

  Michael Castelaz, Thurburn Barker

• Observations, Roche Lobe Analysis, and Period Study of the Eclipsing Contact Binary System GM Canum Venaticorum

  Kevin B. Alton, Robert H. Nelson

• The Dwarf Nova SY Cancri and its Environs

  Arlo U. Landolt, James L. Clem

• First Precision Photometric Observations and Analyses of the Totally Eclipsing, Solar Type Binary V573 Pegasi

  Ronald G. Samec, Daniel B. Caton, Danny R. Faulkner

• Sparsely-Observed Pulsating Red Giants in the AAVSO Observing Program

  John R. Percy

Variable Star Data

• Recent Maxima of 86 Short Period Pulsating Stars

  Gerard Samolyk

• Visual Times of Maxima for Short Period Pulsating Stars III

  Gerard Samolyk

• Recent Minima of 172 Eclipsing Binary Stars

  Gerard Samolyk

Reviews

• The Variability of Young Stellar Objects: An Update

  William Herbst

Abstracts

• AAVSO Target Tool: A Web-Based Service for Tracking Variable Star Observations (Abstract)

  Dan Burger, Keivan G. Stassun, Chandler Barnes, Sara Beck, Stella Kafka, Kenneth Li

• Period Variation in BW Vulpeculae (Abstract)

  David E. Cowall, Andrew P. Odell

• From YY Boo (eclipsing binary) via J1407 (ringed companion) to WD 1145+017 (white dwarf with debris disk) (Abstract)

  Franz-Josef (Josch) Hambsch

• Keynote presentation: Looking for Zebras When There Are Only Horses (Abstract)

  Dennis M. Conti

• The Vega Project, Part I (Abstract)

  Tom Calderwood, Jim Kay

• The Exciting World of Binary Stars: Not Just Eclipses Anymore (Abstract)

  Bert Pablo

• BV Observations of the Eclipsing Binary XZ Andromedae at the EKU Observatory (Abstract)

  Marco Ciocca

• Nova Eruptions from Radio to Gamma-rays—with AAVSO Data in the Middle (Abstract)

  Koji Mukai, Stella Kafka, Laura Chomiuk, , Ray Li, Tom Finzell, Justin Linford, , Jeno Sokoloski, Tommy Nelson, Michael Rupen, , Amy Mioduszewski, Jennifer Weston

• Transits, Spots, and Eclipses: The Sun’s Role in Pedagogy and Outreach (Abstract)

  Kristine Larsen

• Observations of Transiting Exoplanet Candidates Using BYU Facilities (Abstract)

  Michael D. Joner, Eric G. Hintz, Denise C. Stephens

• PYTHON for Variable Star Astronomy (Abstract)

  Matt Craig

• Detecting Moving Sources in Astronomical Images (Abstract)

  Andy Block

• Variable Stars in the Field of TrES-3b (Abstract)

  Erin Aadland

• Calculating Galactic Distances Through Supernova Light Curve Analysis (Abstract)

  Jane Glanzer

• Discovery of KPS-1b, a Transiting Hot-Jupiter, with an Amateur Telescope Setup (Abstract)

  Paul Benni, Artem Burdanov, Vadim Krushinsky, Eugene Sokov

• Searching for Variable Stars in the SDSS Calibration Fields (Abstract)

  J. Allyn Smith, Melissa Butner, Douglas Tucker, Sahar Allam

• Searching for Variable Stars in the Field of Dolidze 35 (Abstract)

  Jamin Welch, J. Allyn Smith

• A Search for Variable Stars in Ruprecht 134 (Abstract)

  Rachid El Hamri, Mel Blake

Errata

• Erratum: Sloan Magnitudes for the Brightest Stars

  Anthony Mallama