Contents:

• From the director – Mark Blackford
• Vale Dr Terry Moon
• VSS symposium 5 – Phil Evans
• From point of light to astrophysical model – Tom Richards, Col Bembrick
• Probing IR Sources with Pan-STARRS – Mati Morel
• Comparison of visual and CCD magnitude estimates – Andrew Pearce
• Note on the periods of V901 Cen and SZ Hor – Tom Richards
• When Homer nods – Tom Richards, Neil Butterworth, Mark Blackford
• The LMC observing programme, part 1 – Alan Plummer
• V777 Sagittarii – eclipse 31 – Stan Walker
• About VSS