From the director – Stan Walker
The story of S Telescopii = CPD-55°9313 – Mati Morel
NSV 4964 recovered – Mati Morel
CE Puppis and other long-period Cepheids – Stan Walker
It’s about time – part 2 – Phil Evans
Semi-regulars project update – Aline Homes
A note on AAVSO data analysis – Alan Baldwin
The Nov 2016 superoutburst of VW Hydri – Stan Walker
The stellar detective II – Tom Richards
Exoplanets for amateurs – Phil Evans

From the director – Stan Walker
Recovery of FW Carinae – Mati Morel
SPIRIT – Paul Luckas
RR Lyrae light curve project – Victoria Wong
Nova discovered in Scorpius
ST Puppis revisited 3 June, 2016 – Stan Walker
Changes in L2 Puppis reflected in historic AO data – part 1 – Aline Homes, et al
The stellar detective – Tom Richards
Old friends and new mysteries – Tom Richards
The colours of BH Crucis – Stan Walker

From the director – Stan Walker
Validation of variables discovered by McNaught – Mati Morel
Variable Stars South report to the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section
VSS Symposium 4 – Phil Evans
Deciphering the enigma of QZ Car – Ed Budding
A toolbox for eclipsing binary stage 1 analysis – Jeff Byron
An improved method for correcting atmospheric extinction – Murray Forbes
O-C diagrams as a historical record of period changes – Stan Walker
U Carinae – an interesting Cepheid – Stan Walker, et al
Experimental modelling of bright southern EBs – Col Bembrick
TT Centauri – an interesting carbon Mira – Stan Walker, et al
CCD targets for May to July 2016 – Tom Richards

From the director — Stan Walker
4th Variable Stars South Symposium – Mark Blackford
Astrometric positions for certain NSV stars – Mati Morel
Dual maxima Miras for 2016 – and other targets? – Stan Walker
CCD targets for February to April – Tom Richards
Photometry of bright stars – Stan Walker