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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 2023

From the Director - Mark Blackford
Pro-Am Opportunities – Mark Blackford
False variables in Union Obs. Circ. 48 – Mati Morel
Period and light curve variations of OW Lupi – Mark Blackford
Voyager: getting started – Phil Evans
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July 2023

From the Director - Mark Blackford
W Dor revisited – Mati Morel
Undergrad project applying optimization to double star orbits – Isabella Soh Xiao Si
Modelling light curves – Akshay Dalvi
Student projects – Carl Knight
Period change in CP Sculptoris - a study in period analysis – Tom Richards
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April 2023

From the Director - Mark Blackford
Active research in astronomy - Stan Walker
Resolving LMC V2536 and PSR B0525-66 - Mati Morel
Revised O-C diagram of W Crucis - Mark Blackford
Adding TESS data to the VSS EB database: a collaboration with the AAQ - Roy Axelsen
The VSS Bright Cepheid project - an update - Stan Walker
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January 2023

From the Director - Mark Blackford
Lunar occultation of Mars: Did Aristotle miss a significant detail? - Ed Budding
Frequency analysis of HD 36628 and HD 36882: two newly discovered pulsating variables in Orion – Mark Blackford
Determining the accuracy of mid eclipse timing by polynomial fit – Roy Axelsen
Chromospherical activity in the secondary component of BF Vel — David Moriarty
Obituary - Dr Robert (Bob) Nelson – Robert Jenkins
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