Contents:

• 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 Blackford
• VW Hydri is still worth observing – Stan Walker
• Short period pulsators at AAVSO – Alan Baldwin
• Publication watch
• About