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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 2019

From the director – Mark Blackford
Sixth Variable Stars South Symposium – Mark Blackford
Positions for SMC Novae 1897-1952 – Mati Morel
As photo bombs go this one’s a beauty – Mark Blackford
The ZWO ASI 1600 MM-Cool camera – Roy Axelsen
The inconstant eclipsing binary BO Indus – Mark Blackford
VW Hydri is still worth observing – Stan Walker
Short period pulsators at AAVSO – Alan Baldwin
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July 2019

From the director – Mark Blackford
Positions for LMC Novae 1926-1951 – Mati Morel
Update on the Eta Car campaign: 2019+2021– Mark Blackford
Installing MuniWin on Fedora Linux – John Homes
QZ Carinae – unsubmitted measures required – Stan Walker, Mark Blackford and Ed Budding
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April 2019

From the director – Mark Blackford
Period issues in BS Mus: interim report – Tom Richards, Robert Jenkins
An archive of Variable Star Section publications – Mati Morel
Photometry of eta Carinae – Mark Blackford
V777 Sag – a successful campaign – S Walker, M Blackford, E Budding
ToMs, insights into Algolism, and the IBVS – E. Budding, D. Blane, M. G. Blackford, P. A. Reed
Two new pulsating discoveries – Mark Blackford
What can one do about lightning? – Greg Crawford
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January 2019

From the director – Mark Blackford
An interesting anniversary – Stan Walker
QZ Carinae – what is happening with the data? – Mark Blackford, Stan Walker & Ed Budding
X Phoenicis: still a lost variable – Mati Morel
Light element determination from survey data using scatter minimisation – Jeff Byron
Congarinni observatory, an update – Mark Blackford
The period puzzles of HI Puppis – Tom Richards
The KELT false-positives catalogue – Phil Evans
Remote telescopes, student research and education (RTSRE) conference
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