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 2011

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  • From the Director — Tom Richards
  • Southern Binaries DSLR Project — Mark Blackford
  • Southern Eclipsing Binaries and the SPADES Project — David J. W. Moriarty
  • BL Tel – Revisited — Col Bembrick
  • EEB Project— SZ Piscium — Margaret Streamer
  • VStar Overview — David Benn
  • Equatorial Eclipsing Bina...

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VSS Newsletter – August 2011

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  • From the director – Tom Richards
  • Variables from Linden – Towards the Hub – Alan Plummer
  • BL Telescopii – Observations of the 2011 eclipse – Peter F Williams
  • A DSLR bright Cepheid project – Can you help? – Stan Walker
  • RASNZ Conference Napier, 2011 – Col Bembrick
  • Recurrent Novae – Stan Walk...

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VSS Newsletter – May 2011

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  • From the director – Tom Richards
  • From the editor – Phil Evans
  • The Primary Eclipse of BL Telescopii in 2000 – Col Bembrick & Tony Ainsworth
  • BL Tel – 2011 Eclipse Visual Observing Program – Peter Williams
  • DSLR Photometry II -Mark Blackford & Glen Schrader
  • The CCD Column – Tom Richards
  • Br...

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VSS Newsletter – February 2011

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  • From the Director – Tom Richards
  • VSS Website Update – David O’Driscoll
  • Thoughts from the Editor – Stan Walker
  • Stars of the Quarter – V641 Centauri – Neil Butterworth
  • ASAS3—Some hints on its use – Stan Walker
  • The Stars Out There & Telescopes to See Them – Stan Walker
  • DSLR photometry—a P...

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