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 – October 2014

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  • From the director — Tom Richards
  • Editorial
  • O-B5 Stars in Centaurus: re-evaluation of published data – Mati Morel
  • Simplest CCD photometry – Tom Richards
  • CCD targets in the EB/EW Project – Tom Richards
  • Southern semi-regulars – a progress report – Aline Homes
  • SY Fornacis – a high galactic...

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VSS Newsletter – July 2014

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  • From the director — Tom Richards
  • Impressions of Whakatane conference – Stan Walker
  • An update on the bright Cepheid project – Stan Walker
  • Southern semi-regular variables – a chance for new science? – Aline Homes
  • The EB and EW binaries project – Mark Blackford (reported by Alan Baldwin)
  • Ch...

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VSS Newsletter – April 2014

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  • From the director — Tom Richards
  • Notes on NSV 24318 and NSV 24319 — Mati Morel
  • Recovery of poorly known variables from MVS — Mati Morel
  • Factors affecting novae ejecta — Carl Knight
  • Why Self-Correlation — John Homes
  • Cepheids with longer periods — Glen Schrader & Stan Walker
  • R Scuti – RV...

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VSS Newsletter – January 2014

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  • From the director — Tom Richards
  • Discovery/recovery of new Mira variables — Mati Morel
  • Novae and their CV cousins — Stan Walker
  • Nova Centauri 2013 — Carl Knight & Jonathon Powles
  • BL Tel – please explain yourself! — Col Bembrick
  • What to do on a cloudy night? — Stephen Hovell
  • Southern ec...

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