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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 2024

From the Director – Mark Blackford
Editorial – Phil Evans
Conference report: Symbiotic stars, weird novae, and related embarrassing binaries – Tom Love, Peter Velez
Variable stars and the seestar S50 – Andrew Pearce
Two binary star conferences within a month – Ed Budding
Linear light elements for targets in the Southern Eclipsing Binaries project – Mark Blackford
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July 2024

From the Director - Mark Blackford
Editorial - Phil Evans
South polar sequence; BV data for CPD stars in Polar Cap - Mati Morel
Mass calculation of proposed third body in CP Scl system – Jeff Byron
Errata
HD 21997 is a high-frequency Delta Scuti pulsator – Chat GPT
Collaboration project for the observation of RR Lyrae stars – Pierre Traverse, Jean-Louis Virlichie, Hervé Roy.
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April 2024

From the Director - Mark Blackford
My observatory reborn for statewide use – Tom Richards
Determining ToMs from sparse photometry revisited – Roy Axelsen
An astrophysical model for the eclipsing binary CP Sculptoris – Colin Bembrick
Note on period change in CP Sculptoris – Tom Richards
R Hydrae - what is this Mira doing? – Stan Walker
Citizen science – ways to do science in the comfort of your home – Cledison Marcos da Silva
QZ Carinae- it still has something to tell us – Stan Walker
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January 2024

From the Director - Mark Blackford
S Dor: Updated Lightcurve 1890 - 1940 – Mati Morel
Route de la belle etoile - Route of the beautiful star – D S Homer
Frequency analysis of X Caeli – Mark Blackford
X-Ray binary A0538-66 (= LMC V3434) – Rod Stubbings
Period irregularities in W Volans – Tom Richards
Telescope seeks new home – Tom Richards
Measuring another planet: Exoplanet XO-1B – Simon Sikora
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