Contents

1. Photometry through the atmosphere
   1. Scintillation
   2. Photon noise
   3. Variations in atmospheric transparency
   4. Detection of a signal in the presence of noise
   5. Synchronous photometry
   6. Aliases
   7. Photometers
   8. Telescope drive errors
   9. Telescope vibration
   10. Astronomical polarimetry
2. Lunar occultation
   1. Introduction
   2. Photographic observations
   3. Photoelectric observations
   4. The occultation revival
   5. Stellar angular diameter
   6. Applications of occultation diameters
   7. Binary and multiple stars
   8. Other applications of lunar occultations
3. Planetary occultations
   1. Introduction
   2. Theory of planetary occultation
   3. An occultation of sigma Arietis by Jupiter
   4. The occultation of Regulus by Vega
   5. The occultation of BD -17 4388 by Neptune
   6. Planetary occultation spikes
   7. The occultation of beta Scorpii by Jupiter
   8. The occultation of epsilon Geminorum by Mars
   9. Recent occultation by Uranus, Neptune and Pluto
   10. Measurement of stellar diameter from planetary occultation fringe pattern
   11. High resolutions obtained from occultation spikes
   12. Profiles of minor planets
   13. The rings of Saturn
   14. The rings of Uranus
   15. The rings of Neptune
   16. Lunar occultations of solar system objects
   17. Mutual phenomena of planetary satellites
4. Flare stars
   1. Introduction
   2. Statistical results
   3. Detection threshold of flares
   4. High speed photometry of flare stars
   5. FK Comae stars
   6. RS Canum Venaticorum stars
   7. W Ursae Majoris stars
   8. T Tauri stars
   9. Cepheid variables
   10. Dwarf Cepheids
   11. Long period variables
   12. Early-type stars
5. Cataclysmic variable stars
   1. Visual observations
   2. Photoelectric observations, 1949-56
   3. Developments, 1956-66
   4. The introduction of new techniques
   5. Recent applications to structural determinations
   6. Rapid oscillations in cataclysmic variables
   7. Flickering
   8. Magnetic cataclysmic variables
   9. Polarization measurements in DQ Herculis stars and intermediate polars
   10. Flickering in intermediate polars
   11. Quasi-periodic oscillations in polars
   12. Symbiotic stars
   13. Pre-cataclysmic binaires
   14. Helium ultrashort-period binaries
6. X-ray binaries and gamma-ray bursters
   1. Introduction
   2. Flickering
   3. Periodic and quasi-periodic oscillations
   4. Flare activity
   5. X-ray bursters
   6. Gamma-ray bursters
   7. The nature of gamma-ray bursters
7. Optical pulsars
   1. Introduction
   2. The Crab pulsar
   3. Pulsar timing
   4. The search for substructure
   5. Polarization of the Crab pulsar
   6. Optical pulsar detectors
   7. The search among radio pulsars
   8. The search among Galactic supernova remnants
   9. The search for extragalactic pulsars
   10. The search for the binary pulsar
   11. The search for millisecond pulsars
   12. The Vela pulsar
   13. The Large Magellanic Cloud pulsar
8. Pulsating degenerate stars
   1. Introduction
   2. The first variable white dwarfs
   3. The nature of non-radial pulsations
   4. Pulsation analysis of ZZ Ceti (=R 548)
   5. The ZZ Ceti stars
   6. Pulsation analysis of some ZZ Ceti stars
   7. Pulsational stability of ZZ Ceti stars
   8. The DB variables
   9. The DO variables (PG 1159 variables)
   10. The planetary nebula nuclei variables (PNNV)
   11. A retrospective
9. Pulsating non-degenerate stars
   1. Introduction
   2. Delta Scuti stars
   3. Dwarf Cepheids
   4. Peculiar A stars
   5. Solar pulsations
   6. Stellar pulsations
10. Extragalactic sources
    1. Short timescale brightness variations
    2. Interpretation
    3. The unknown