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 2020

/ 2020
  • From the director – Mark Blackford
  • An updated O-C diagram for the high amplitude delta Scuti star RS Gruis – Roy Axelsen
  • Joys and perils of wide field photometry – Mark Blackford
  • The period of AQ Tuc – Tom Richards
  • What is happening to VW Hydri? – Stan Walker
  • Update on MR Aps, V610 Ara, YY Gru and DI Mic – Tom Richards
  • Time for navel gazing – David O’Driscoll

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VSS Newsletter - July 2020

/ 2020
  • From the director – Mark Blackford
  • Updated positions for the LMC II 4801 GCVS stars – Mati Morel
  • The 2019 super-outburst of VW Hyi – Ian Kemp
  • Betelgeuse in the news – Stan Walker
  • Ariel & ExoClock: a new project for exoplanet observers – Phil Evans
  • QZ Carinae in 2020 – Stan Walker
  • “Discovery” of an EB in the field of BF Pavonis – Mark Blackford

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VSS Newsletter - April 2020

/ 2020
  • From the director – Mark Blackford
  • Zoom into VSS?
  • A script to study minima timing variations in EBs – Tom Richards
  • Eta Carinae photometric campaign: 2019+2021: the first year – Mark Blackford
  • Photometry with the ZWO ASI1600MM Pro – Roy Axelsen
  • Miras from an astrophysical viewpoint – Stan Walker
  • Dual Maxima Mira comparisons – Stan Walker
  • SS Crucis – reflections on a forgotten Mira variable – Peter Williams

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VSS Newsletter – January 2020

/ 2020
  • From the director – Mark Blackford
  • Sixth Variable Stars South Symposium – Mark Blackford
  • Updated positions for the LMC I HV stars – Mati Morel
  • Visual observing of unstudied symbiotic variables – Andrew Pearce
  • A new software tool for O-C diagram analysis – Mark Blackford
  • Photometry with t...

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