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Volume 43 Number 1 JAAVSO 2015 The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers The Curious Case of ASAS J174600-2321.3: an Eclipsing Symbiotic Nova in Outburst? Light curve of ASAS J174600-2321.3, based on EROS-2, ASAS-3, and APASS data. Also in this issue... • The Early-Spectral Type W UMa Contact Binary V444 And • The δ Scuti Pulsation Periods in KIC 5197256 • UXOR Hunting among Algol Variables • Early-Time Flux Measurements of SN 2014J Obtained with Small Robotic Telescopes: Extending the AAVSO Light Curve 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. Guinan Paula Szkody University of Toronto Villanova University University of Washington Toronto, Ontario, Canada Villanova, Pennsylvania Seattle, Washington Associate Editor John B. Hearnshaw Matthew R. Templeton Elizabeth O. 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