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 2015

/ 2015
  • From the Director – Stan Walker
  • VSS Symposium 4 – David O’Driscoll
  • A letter from the director of the AAVSO
  • Atmospheric Extinction – Mark Blackford
  • Visual Cepheid targets for beginners – Stan Walker
  • A call for closer monitoring of BV Cen – Alan Plummer
  • V854 Cen and Two Declines in 2015...

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VSS Newsletter – July 2015

/ 2015
  • From the director — Stan Walker
  • Honorary RASNZ member award
  • Gaia & astrophysical implications – Stan Walker
  • Improved data for NSV 3933 and 3936 – Mati Morel
  • AAVSO Spring meeting, Indiana, June 2015 – Andrew Pearce
  • The EB & EW binaries project DSLR update – Mark Blackford
  • A meeting with...

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VSS Newsletter – April 2015

/ 2015
  • From the director – Stan Walker
  • NSV 7590: Resolution of a mystery – Mati Morel
  • UU Vul recovered – Mati Morel
  • Dual maxima Mira stars in colour – Stan Walker
  • V1369 Centauri after 500 days – Stan Walker
  • eta Carinae – Stan Walker
  • QZ Carinae project – Mark Blackford, Ed Budding, Roger Butla...

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VSS Newsletter – January 2015

/ 2015
  • And now for someone completely different — Tom Richards
  • From the director — Stan Walker
  • Activities in 2014 – David Moriarty
  • Southern Eclipsing Binaries – EA Project – Margaret Streamer
  • Visual observations of the 2013 eclipse of BL Tel – Peter F Williams
  • Southern semi-regulars – a progres...

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