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Newsletters

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 2017

From the director – Mark Blackford
The one day period phenomenon – Stan Walker
RY Tuc : A study of the region – Mati Morel
Z Sag – a hump Mira with a strange colour curve – Stan Walker
Congarinni observatory – part 3 – Mark Blackford
The early ejection sequence of classical novae — Carl Knight
QZ Carinae: update 2017 – Stan Walker and Mark Blackford
Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers – Mark Blackford
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July 2017

From the directors – Stan Walker & Mark Blackford
NGC 288 – V1 : A new lightcurve – Mati Morel
R Tel – a Mira star with fairly consistent humps – Stan Walker
The mass function in binary star astrophysics – E Budding
Notes on 42 problematic Innes stars – Mati Morel
Visual observing with ‘Kororia’ – Stephen Hovell
The VSS Double Maximum project extended – Stan Walker
Recording eclipsing binary minima – Tom Richards
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April 2017

From the director – Stan Walker
NGC 288-V1: a SR variable in a globular cluster – Mati Morel
Congarinni Observatory – Part 2 – Mark Blackford
An update on QZ Carinae – Stan Walker
The Stellar Detective IV – Tom Richards
Visual observations of the 2015 eclipse of BL Tel – Peter F Williams
VSS/Pulkovo binary asteroid project – Carl Knight
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January 2017

From the director – Stan Walker
Clive Rowe & the Auckland Observatory – Stan Walker
Notes on S CMa and Z Pup – Mati Morel
Congarinni Observatory – Part 1 – Mark Blackford
Experimantal modelling of bright southern EBs II – Col Bembrick
Colour measures of hump stars – Stan Walker
The stellar detective III – Tom Richards
Changes in L2 Puppis reflected in historic data – Part 2 – Aline Homes
Pauline Loader, John Homes, Stan Walker, Andrew Pearce
A remote observatory in Chile – Phil Evans
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