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The VSS Newsletter is usually published four times a year. It provides project leaders with the opportunity to publish interim results and project information and for members to report on activities. It includes regular sections on publications, hardware and software relevant to variable star observers. You can filter the list by year by clicking on the links to the right.

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October 2014

From the director — Tom Richards
Editorial
O-B5 Stars in Centaurus: re-evaluation of published data – Mati Morel
Simplest CCD photometry – Tom Richards
CCD targets in the EB/EW Project – Tom Richards
Southern semi-regulars – a progress report – Aline Homes
SY Fornacis – a high galactic latitude binary star – Stan Walker
The long period variable – dual maxima Mira scene – Stan Walker
Bright Cepheids in the 2015 season – Stan Walker
Transforming magnitudes in the I passband – David Moriarty
The EB & EW binaries project update – Mark Blackford
The Orion Project – for serious amateur astronomy – Carl Knight
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July 2014

From the director — Tom Richards
Impressions of Whakatane conference – Stan Walker
An update on the bright Cepheid project – Stan Walker
Southern semi-regular variables – a chance for new science? – Aline Homes
The EB and EW binaries project – Mark Blackford (reported by Alan Baldwin)
Choosing the first target in the EB/EW CCD Project – Tom Richards
Irregular behaviour in the cosmic zoo – Alan Baldwin (reported by John Homes)
Southern eclipsing binary programme – Margaret Streamer & David Moriarty (reported by Alan Bladwin)
Using CCDs efficiently for snapshot work – Tom Richards
Discussion on possibilities for 2014 – Tom Richards
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April 2014

From the director — Tom Richards
Notes on NSV 24318 and NSV 24319 — Mati Morel
Recovery of poorly known variables from MVS — Mati Morel
Factors affecting novae ejecta — Carl Knight
Why Self-Correlation — John Homes
Cepheids with longer periods — Glen Schrader & Stan Walker
R Scuti – RVa – but just exactly what type of variable is it? — Stan Walker
V1369 Cen – a star which continues to surprise us — Stan Walker
The EB and EW binaries project — Mark Blackford & Tom Richards
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January 2014

From the director — Tom Richards
Discovery/recovery of new Mira variables — Mati Morel
Novae and their CV cousins — Stan Walker
Nova Centauri 2013 — Carl Knight & Jonathon Powles
BL Tel – please explain yourself! — Col Bembrick
What to do on a cloudy night? — Stephen Hovell
Southern eclipsing binaries programmes — leader Tom Richards
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