From the director – Mark Blackford
Vale Ranald McIntosh (1933-2018)
Correct placement of five Innes variables – Mati Morel
A funny thing happened on the way to the observatory the other night – Mark Blackford
Student project: give it a go! – Carl Knight
The mystery of WASP-17b – the story of an exercise in mentoring – Joseph Chamberlain
T Sagittarii – what’s hidden in the light curve – Stan Walker
Re-interpretation of the published O-C diagrams of the delta Scuti Star ZZ Microscopii, and further personal DSLR photometric observations – Roy Axelsen
The LMC observing programme, part 2 – Alan Plummer

From the director – Mark Blackford
Vale Dr Terry Moon
VSS symposium 5 – Phil Evans
From point of light to astrophysical model – Tom Richards, Col Bembrick
Probing IR Sources with Pan-STARRS – Mati Morel
Comparison of visual and CCD magnitude estimates – Andrew Pearce
Note on the periods of V901 Cen and SZ Hor – Tom Richards
When Homer nods – Tom Richards, Neil Butterworth, Mark Blackford
The LMC observing programme, part 1 – Alan Plummer
V777 Sagittarii – eclipse 31 – Stan Walker

From the director – Mark Blackford
Variable Stars South Symposium 5 – Christchurch May 6 – 7, 2018
Variables Shine at NACAA – Tom Richards
QZ Carinae – progress in 018 – Stan Walker
Low-cost BVRI Filters for CMOS/CCD photometry – Tex Moon
Analysis of the evolution of ASASSN-17gk colour indices and spectra over time – Carl Knight and Terry Bohlsen
R Hydrae – a Mira during a helium flash – Stan Walker

From the director – Mark Blackford
2018 RASNZ conference and 5th VSS symposium
Astrometric Positions for SMC Variables – Mati Morel
A look at Mira in 2018 – Stan Walker
The DY Per star V487 Vel – Andrew Pearce
V382 Carinae – a yellow hypergiant star – Stan Walker
Photometry & initial modelling of the eclipsing binary V871 Ara – C Bembrick, T Ainsworth* & J Byron
Changes in the pulsating variables projects – Mira stars with long periods – Stan Walker
V0454 Car spectroscopic and photometric campaign – Mark Blackford
Request for cooperation