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Submitted by M.Saladyga on Wed, 12/19/2012 - 09:43

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JAAVSO v40n1

Volume 40 Number 1 100th Anniversary Issue

2012

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1	About This 100th Anniversary Issue John R. Percy
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4	Group Photograph Taken at the 100th Spring Meeting; List of Participants; Schedule
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9	Group Photograph Taken at the 100th Annual Meeting; List of Participants; Schedule; Photographs of the paper presenters
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20	Introduction to the History Paper Sessions Thomas R. Williams
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24	Anne S. Young: Professor and Variable Star Observer Extraordinaire Katherine Bracher
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31	The Stars Belong to Everyone: Astronomer and Science Writer Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905-1993) Marie J. Cahill
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44	Variable Stars and Constant Commitments: the Stellar Career of Dorrit Hoffleit Kristine Larsen
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51	Reminiscences on the Career of Martha Stahr Carpenter: Between a Rock and (Several) Hard Places Kristine Larsen
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65	Guiding Forces and Janet A. Mattei Elizabeth O. Waagen
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77	The AAVSO Widow--Or Should We Say Spouse? Thomas R. Williams
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92	Abstracts of history session papers presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the AAVSO: Women in the history of variable star astronomy
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94	Twenty-Eight Years of CV Results With the AAVSO Paula Szkody et al.
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100	The Development of Early Pulsation Theory, or, How Cepheids Are Like Steam Engines Matthew Stanley
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109	The AAVSO Photoelectric Photometry Program in Its Scientific and Socio-Historic Context John R. Percy
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120	John Goodricke, Edward Pigott, and Their Study of Variable Stars Linda M. French
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133	Frank Elmore Ross and His Variable Star Discoveries Wayne Osborn
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141	Illinois--Where Astronomical Photometry Grew Up Barry B. Beaman, Michael T Svec
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150	Abstracts of History Session Papers Presented at the 100th Spring and Annual Meetings of the AAVSO: History of Variable Star Astronomy in Theory and Practice
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154	British Astronomical Association Variable Star Section, 1890-2011 John Toone
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164	The "Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren" of Belgium Patrick Wils et al.
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168	The RASNZ Variable Star Section and Variable Stars South Albert Jones, Stan Walker
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177	Abstracts of History Session Papers Presented at the 100th Spring and Annual Meetings of the AAVSO: History of Variable Star Organizations
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180	The Visual Era of the AAVSO Eclipsing Binary Program David B. Williams et al.
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189	Walking With AAVSO Giants--a Personal Journey (1960s) Roger S. Kolman, Mike Simonsen
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196	Variable Star Observers I Have Known Charles E. Scovil
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203	An Appreciation of Clinton B. Ford and the AAVSO of Fifty Years Ago Tony Hull
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208	An Overview of the AAVSO's Information Technology Infrastructure From 1967 to 1997 Richard C. S. Kinne
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222	Abstracts of History Session Papers Presented at the 100th Spring and Annual Meetings of the AAVSO: History of AAVSO Observers, Programs, and Supporters
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226	Introduction to the Joint AAS-AAVSO Scientific Paper Sessions Matthew R. Templeton
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230	Long-Term Visual Light Curves and the Role of Visual Observations in Modern Astrophysics
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239	Abstracts of Scientific Session Papers Presented at the 100th Spring Meeting of the AAVSO: Astrophysics With Small Telescopes
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244	Variable Stars and the Asymptotic Giant Branch: Stellar Pulsations, Dust Production, and Mass Loss Angela K. Speck
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256	Interferometry and the Cepheid Distance Scale Thomas G. Barnes, III
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265	Abstracts of Scientific Session Papers Presented at the 100th Spring Meeting of the AAVSO: Variable Stars in the Imaging Era
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268	Secular Variation of the Mode Amplitude-Ratio of the Double-Mode RR Lyrae Star NSVS 5222076, Part 2 David A. Hurdis, Tom Krajci
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272	The Pulsational Behavior of the High Amplitude delta Scuti Star RS Gruis Jaime Rubén García
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278	RS Sagittae: the Search for Eclipses Jerry D. Horne
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289	Intensive Observations of Cataclysmic, RR Lyrae, and High Amplitude delta Scuti (HADS) Variable Stars Franz-Josef Hambsch
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295	A Study of the ORbital Periods of Deeply Eclipsing SW Sextantis Stars David Boyd
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321	Hubble's Famous Plate of 1923: a Story of Pink Polyethylene Thomas G. Barnes, III
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327	Things We Don't Understand About RR Lyrae Stars Horace A. Smith
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334	The Usefulness of Type Ia Supernovae for Cosmology--a Personal Review Kevin Krisciunas
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348	Amateur Observing Patterns and Their Potential Impact on Variable Star Science Matthew R. Templeton
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355	The Acquisition of Photometric Data Arlo U. Landolt
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360	Digital Archiving: Where the Past Lives Again Kevin B. Paxson
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374	The Effect of Online Sunspot Data on Visual Solar Observers Kristine Larsen
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380	Adverse Health Effects of Nighttime Lighting Mario Motta, M.D.
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391	Star Watching Promoted by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan Seiichi Sakuma
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396	Progress Report for Adapting APASS Data Releases for the Calibration of Harvard Plates Edward J. Los
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407	Flares, Fears, and Forecasts: Public Misconceptions About the Sunspot Cycle Kristine Larsen
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415	Abstracts of Papers and Posters Presented at the General and Scientific Paper Sessions of the 100th Spring and Annual Meetings
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438	Centennial Highlights in Astronomy Owen Gingerich
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442	Variable Star Astronomy in the 21st Century John R. Percy
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448	The Variability of Young Stellar Objects William Herbst
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456	How Amateurs Can Contribute to the Field of Transiting Exoplanets Bryce Croll
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467	Eclipsing Binaries in the 21st Century--Opportunities for Amateur Astronomers Edward F. Guinan et al.
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481	RR Lyrae Stars: Cosmis Lighthouses With a Twist Katrien Kolenberg
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492	Type 2 Cepheids in the Milky Way Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds Doublas L. Welch
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502	Classical Cepheids After 228 Years of Study David G. Turner
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516	Miras Lee Anne Willson, Massimo Marengo
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528	Non-Mira Pulsating Red Giants and Supergiants László L. Kiss, John R. Percy
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539	What Are the R Coronae Borealis Stars? Geoffrey C. Clayton
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563	Cataclysmic Variables Paula Szkody, Boris T. Gaensicke
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572	Symbiotic Stars Ulisse Munari
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582	Classical and Recurrent Novae Ulisse Munari
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598	A Century of Supernovae Peter Garnavich
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Submitted by M.Saladyga on Wed, 08/15/2012 - 13:13

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JAAVSO v39n2

Volume 39 Number 2

2011

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The ArXiv link to the black/white paper is here.

Submitted by M.Saladyga on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 15:42

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ArXiv Preprint: Multiwavelength Campaign of Observations of AE Aqr

Longtime friend of the AAVSO, Dr. Chris Mauche (Lawrence Livermore National Lab), has published a paper about AE Aqr in which he uses data from AAVSO observations. It was submitted for inclusion in the proceedings of the conference "The Golden Age of CVs and Related Objects".

But you can download the color paper directly here.

The abstract:

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