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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 2022

From the Director - Mark Blackford
Letter from AAVSO's new director – Brian Kloppenborg
Analysis of a Rob McNaught Eclipsing Binary: OQ Lup – Col Bembrick
RCB Variables in the Large Magellanic Cloud – Mati Morel
Some interesting stars in the field of VV Orionis – Mark Blackford
Determining radial velocities of the eclipsing binary components in BF Velorum: update – David Moriarty
Publication watch
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July 2022

From the Director - Mark Blackford
Sixth VSS Symposium – Mark Blackford
New reductions of LMC variables in UOC43 – Mati Morel
The B star dilemma: To Be or not to Be – Ari Siqueira
FQ Circini – a strange nova? – Andrew Pearce
Spectroscopic followup of Southern transients - Tom Love & Hamish Barker
Determining radial velocities of the eclipsing binary components in BF Velorum, a triple system — David Moriarty
Constraining the Love numbers k2 and h2 of exoplanets – Lia Marta Bernabò
Publication watch
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April 2022

From the Director - Mark Blackford
RASNZ annual conference
R CMa: The puzzling Algol – Ed Budding
Period change analysis of V0625 Carinae – Mark G Blackford & Tom Richards
QZ Carinae - a part of the riddled solved – Stan Walker
Time series photometry of bright stars with the Star Adventurer Pro - Roy Axelsen
Cepheids & period changes – Stan Walker
Software watch – Mark Blackford
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January 2022

From the director – Mark Blackford
Variable stars in the 19th Century – Mati Morel
Determining ToMs from sparse photometry – V0701 Cen – Mark Blackford
Undergraduate project using remote learning and observing – Liam Parker, Hayden Parker, Ross Parker and Faraz Uddin (Harper College)
The high amplitude delta Scuti star BS Aqr: an updated O-C diagram using TESS data – Roy Axelsen
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