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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 2020

From the director – Mark Blackford
An updated O-C diagram for the high amplitude delta Scuti star RS Gruis – Roy Axelsen
Joys and perils of wide field photometry – Mark Blackford
The period of AQ Tuc – Tom Richards
What is happening to VW Hydri? – Stan Walker
Update on MR Aps, V610 Ara, YY Gru and DI Mic – Tom Richards
Time for navel gazing – David O’Driscoll
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July 2020

From the director – Mark Blackford
Updated positions for the LMC II 4801 GCVS stars – Mati Morel
The 2019 super-outburst of VW Hyi – Ian Kemp
Betelgeuse in the news – Stan Walker
Ariel & ExoClock: a new project for exoplanet observers – Phil Evans
QZ Carinae in 2020 – Stan Walker
“Discovery” of an EB in the field of BF Pavonis – Mark Blackford
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April 2020

From the director – Mark Blackford
Zoom into VSS?
A script to study minima timing variations in EBs – Tom Richards
Eta Carinae photometric campaign: 2019+2021: the first year – Mark Blackford
Photometry with the ZWO ASI1600MM Pro – Roy Axelsen
Miras from an astrophysical viewpoint – Stan Walker
Dual Maxima Mira comparisons – Stan Walker
SS Crucis – reflections on a forgotten Mira variable – Peter Williams
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January 2020

From the director – Mark Blackford
Sixth Variable Stars South Symposium – Mark Blackford
Updated positions for the LMC I HV stars – Mati Morel
Visual observing of unstudied symbiotic variables – Andrew Pearce
A new software tool for O-C diagram analysis – Mark Blackford
Photometry with the ZWO ASI1600mm camera – Roy Axelsen
When is the minimum? – Tom Richards
S Orionis – an observational puzzle – Stan Walker
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