INDEX
Alert Notices 37 Nova Search Program 67
asterisms 9, 52 novae 21
atlas 5, 36 observations, how to make 9
Bulletin 37–38 observations, how to submit 39–44
cataclysmic variables 21–23 observations, recording 15
CCD Observing Program 65 observer initials 42
chart scales 6 observing equipment 3-5
charts 5–8 orientation of charts 11–12
charts, orientation of 11–12 PC Obs (data-entry program) 40–41
comparison stars 9–10 PEP Observing Program 66
constellation names 19 phase diagram 20
data-entry software 41 pulsating variables 20–21
designation 17–18 Purkinje effect 15
eclipsing binaries 23 report form, blank 45–46
Eclipsing Binary Observing Program 66 report form, comment codes 47
eruptive variables 21 report form, how to complete 41–44
eyepieces 4 reporting observations 39–43
fainter-than 15, 43 rotating stars 23
field of view 4 RR Lyrae stars 21
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) 25, 26 RR Lyrae Observing Program 66
Greenwich Mean Astronomical Time (GMAT) 25, 26 seasonal gap 2
interpolation 10 setting circles 9
irregular variables 21 SID (Sudden Ionispheric Disturbance) 67
Julian date, how to compute 25 Solar Observing Program 66–67
Julian date, sample calculations 26 star charts 5–8
Julian date, table for 1996–2025 31 star hop 14, 49
Julian date, table of decimals 29, 33 sunspots 66
key star 9 Supernova Search Program 67
light curve, definition 20 supernovae 21
light curve, examples 20–23 time zone chart 28
light curves, long term 57–63 Universal time (UT or UTC) 26
limiting magnitude 13–14 variable star names 17
magnitude 13 variable stars, types of 20–23
MyNewsFlash 37 WebObs 39–40
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