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.

VSS Newsletter – November 2009

/ 2009
  • From the Director & Editor
  • Stars of the Quarter – Stan Walker
  • Equatorial Eclipsing Binaries Report – Tom Richards
  • A DSLR Experiment – Des Loughney
  • Report from the Visual Observing Desk – Alan Plummer
  • Meetings Here & There
  • Pukemaru Observatory – Stephen Hovell
  • Eclipsing Binaries for...

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VSS Newsletter – August 2009

/ 2009
  • Director’s Comments
  • Editorial
  • Stars of the Quarter—omicron Ceti—Nova Sagittarii & Nova Ophiuchi—V1412 Aquilae
  • Cataclysmic Variables—Current Projects – Paddy McGee
  • Amateur Spectroscopy Today – Bernard Heathcote
  • Eclipsing Binaries for Fun and Profit—II – Bob Nelson
  • Report on QZ Carinae P...

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VSS Newsletter – May 2009

/ 2009
  • Director’s Comments
  • Editorial
  • Stars of the Quarter—BH Crucis—EX Hydrae—SR Crateris
  • Eclipsing Binaries for Fun and Profit – Bob Nelson
  • Around the World with Eclipsing Binaries – Tom Richards
  • Visual Observing and Variable Stars South – Alan Plummer
  • Satellite Mutual Occultations—Jupiter,...

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VSS Newsletter – February 2009

/ 2009
  • Meet VSS – Tom Richards
  • From the Editor – Stan Walker
  • L2 Puppis – Stan Walker
  • Observing Comments – Roger Pickard
  • Greetings from North – Arne Henden
  • Loan Cameras
  • Visual Observers (& Project) – Alan Plummer
  • The Long Period Variables – Stan Walker
  • YY Cen & Neighbour – Stan Walker
  • QZ...

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