Appearance of Special UGSU-Type Phenomenon in the Light Curve of UGZ White Dwarf Nova RX Andromedae
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Volume 44 Number 1 JAAVSO 2016 The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers Appearance of Special UGSU-Type Phenomenon in the Light Curve of UGZ White Dwarf Nova RX Andromedae RX And superoutburst at JD 2456987. The superoutburst of about 10.7 magnitude is superpositioned on the precursor normal outburst of about 11.0 magnitude. Also in this issue... • Long-term Radial Velocity Monitoring of the HeI 6678 Line of ζ Tauri • Monitoring the Continuing Spectral Evolution of Nova Delphini 2013 (V339 Del) with Low Resolution Spectroscopy • Intermittent Multi-color Photometry for V1017 Sagittarii Complete table of contents inside... The American Association of Variable Star Observers 49 Bay State Road, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers Editor John R. Percy Edward F. 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Percy 1 Variable Star Research Appearance of Special UGSU-type Phenomenon in the Light Curve of UGZ White Dwarf Nova RX Andromedae András Timár 3 Analysis of the Petersen Diagram of Double Mode High Amplitude δ Scuti Stars Riccardo Furgoni 6 Period Analysis, Photometry, and Astrophysical Modelling of the Contact Eclipsing Binary BC Gruis David J. W. Moriarty 10 TU Comae Berenices : Blazhko RR Lyrae Star in a Potential Binary System Pierre de Ponthière, Franz-Josef (Josch) Hambsch, Kenneth Menzies, Richard Sabo 18 Times of Minima and New Ephemerides for Southern Hemisphere Eclipsing Binary Stars Observed in 2015 Hristo Pavlov, Anthony Mallama, Brian Loader, Stephen Kerr 26 A Photometric Study of the Eclipsing Binary Star V2790 Orionis Edward J. Michaels 30 Long-Term Radial Velocity Monitoring of the HeI 6678 Line of z Tauri Ernst Pollmann 37 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 39 Intermittent Multi-Color Photometry for V1017 Sagittarii Arlo U. Landolt 45 The Variable Star V Sculptoris Arlo U. Landolt 50 A Photometric Study of the Eclipsing Binary Star V958 Monocerotis Edward J. Michaels 53 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 60 Observing Globular Cluster RR Lyrae Variables with the BYU West Mountain Observatory Elizabeth J. Jeffery, Michael D. Joner 62 Table of Contents continued on following pages Variable Star Data Recent Maxima of 74 Short Period Pulsating Stars Gerard Samolyk 66 Recent Minima of 193 Eclipsing Binary Stars Gerard Samolyk 69 Education and Outreach An Undergraduate Research Experience on Studying Variable Stars Ariel Amaral, John R. Percy 72 Book Review Solar Science: Exploring Sunspots, Seasons,