  The variable star known as NSVS 5597754 was identified as a short period RRc
field star from ground-based photometry. This star happens to fall in the
Kepler field of view and has been observed for 3 years with the Kepler
spacecraft. Renamed KIC 9832227, this star was reidentified as an eclipsing
binary with a periodicity of 0.457970 days. The NSVS ground based photometry
yielded a period solution of 0.229 days. The Kepler photometry, which sampled
the light cycle every 30 minutes, shows a peculiar behavior that is not purely
eclipsing superposed over the primary variation. Follow-up ground based
observations were taken in 2010 with the 0.6m MSU Observatory to obtain
additional information. I present a summary of the ground based data taken of
this perplexing star and conclusions derived thus far.

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics