From the Director & Editor
Stars of the Quarter – Stan Walker
Equatorial Eclipsing Binaries Report – Tom Richards
A DSLR Experiment – Des Loughney
Report from the Visual Observing Desk – Alan Plummer
Meetings Here & There
Pukemaru Observatory – Stephen Hovell
Eclipsing Binaries for Fun and Profit: Part III – Bob Nelson
A Brief Overview of the Peranso Program – Ranald McIntosh
Mirranook Observatory Armidale – Terry Bohlsen
Report on Pulsating Variables – Stan Walker
Studying Southern Variables Colloquium II – Carl Knight

Director’s Comments
Editorial
Stars of the Quarter—omicron Ceti—Nova Sagittarii & Nova Ophiuchi—V1412 Aquilae
Cataclysmic Variables—Current Projects – Paddy McGee
Amateur Spectroscopy Today – Bernard Heathcote
Eclipsing Binaries for Fun and Profit—II – Bob Nelson
Report on QZ Carinae Project – Stan Walker
Eclipsing Binaries Project—delta Librae – Tom Richards
The Tanelorn Observatory – Diana Watson
Colloquium Report and Review – Carl Knight
Visual Measures of Dual Maxima Miras – Stan Walker
Meetings Around & About
VSS Contacts, Membership and copyright notice

Director’s Comments
Editorial
Stars of the Quarter—BH Crucis—EX Hydrae—SR Crateris
Eclipsing Binaries for Fun and Profit – Bob Nelson
Around the World with Eclipsing Binaries – Tom Richards
Visual Observing and Variable Stars South – Alan Plummer
Satellite Mutual Occultations—Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus
Semi-regular Variables – Terry Moon, Sebastian Otero & Stan Walker
The Polar Telescope – Stan Walker
CCD Column—Choosing a Measurement Aperture – Tom Richards
A Photo of Bootes 3- Now Operational in Blenheim
Observing Miras and Similar Stars – Stan Walker
Supernovae & Luminous Blue Variable Stars – Sebastian Otero
Patrol Surveys and Southern Hemisphere Astronomy – Stan Walker
The SC Stars—Candidates for Period Changes – Stan Walker
Beginner’s Project Update – Alan Plummer
Comparison Stars in the Southern Hemisphere – Stan Walker
Cataclysmic Variables Programme – Paddy McGee
CCD Terminology – Tom Richards
Studying Southern Variables‛ Colloquium Programme
VSS Membership Application Form
Join Variable Stars South

Meet VSS – Tom Richards
From the Editor – Stan Walker
L2 Puppis – Stan Walker
Observing Comments – Roger Pickard
Greetings from North – Arne Henden
Loan Cameras
Visual Observers (& Project) – Alan Plummer
The Long Period Variables – Stan Walker
YY Cen & Neighbour – Stan Walker
QZ Car Project – Stan Walker
DSLR Photometry – Des Loughney
DSLR Photometry South
Dual Maxima Miras Project – Stan Walker
Stars March-May
Miras Needing Attention
VSS Membership Application
Wanted: Coordinator Membership & Finance
Colloquium: Studying Southern Variables