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 2019

/ 2019
  • From the director – Mark Blackford
  • Sixth Variable Stars South Symposium – Mark Blackford
  • Positions for SMC Novae 1897-1952 – Mati Morel
  • As photo bombs go this one’s a beauty – Mark Blackford
  • The ZWO ASI 1600 MM-Cool camera – Roy Axelsen
  • The inconstant eclipsing binary BO Indus – Mark Bla...

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VSS Newsletter – July 2019

/ 2019
  • From the director – Mark Blackford
  • Positions for LMC Novae 1926-1951 – Mati Morel
  • Update on the Eta Car campaign: 2019+2021– Mark Blackford
  • Installing MuniWin on Fedora Linux – John Homes
  • QZ Carinae – unsubmitted measures required – Stan Walker, Mark Blackford and Ed Budding

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VSS Newsletter – April 2019

/ 2019
  • From the director – Mark Blackford
  • Period issues in BS Mus: interim report – Tom Richards, Robert Jenkins
  • An archive of Variable Star Section publications – Mati Morel
  • Photometry of eta Carinae – Mark Blackford
  • V777 Sag – a successful campaign – S Walker, M Blackford, E Budding
  • ToMs, ins...

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VSS Newsletter – January 2019

/ 2019
  • From the director – Mark Blackford
  • An interesting anniversary – Stan Walker
  • QZ Carinae – what is happening with the data? – Mark Blackford, Stan Walker & Ed Budding
  • X Phoenicis: still a lost variable – Mati Morel
  • Light element determination from survey data using scatter minimisation – Jef...

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