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 – December 2012

/ 2012
  • From the director – Tom Richards
  • Old UBV measures from Auckland – Stan Walker
  • Identifying NAV stars in the list of Innes variables – Mati Morel
  • Update on the Dual Maxima Mira project – Stan Walker
  • HD 5980 a boring name for a star system that is anything but – Glen Schrader
  • Astronomy 3.0...

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VSS Newsletter – August 2012

/ 2012
  • From the Director – Tom Richards
  • Putting stars in their place: A 50-year odyssey – Mati Morel
  • Southern binaries DSLR project update – Mark Blackford
  • Postcard from Carterton – Roland Idaczyk
  • O – C diagram for η Muscae – Blackford, Butland & Budding
  • SPADES – Results rolling in – Tom Richar...

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VSS Newsletter – May 2012

/ 2012
  • From the director – Tom Richards
  • From the editor – Phil Evans
  • Conference Report – Tom Richards
  • NACAA 2012 – David Benn
  • Some targets in the Magellanic Clouds – Alan Plummer
  • SPADES – 57 binaries under observation – Tom Richards
  • Updates to SPADES data for Ephemerides – Margaret Streamer
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VSS Newsletter – February 2012

/ 2012
  • From the director – Tom Richards
  • Bright Cepheids Report – Stan Walker
  • Software Watch – Phil Evans
  • Photometric Catalogue around M42 – Mati Morel
  • DSLR Photometry Atmospheric Extinction Correction – Mark Blackford
  • Turning up Results in SPADES – Tom Richards
  • Variable Stars Near Eta Carinae...

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