Author: Jeremy Shears

The March 2022 Variable Star Section Circular can be downloaded in PDF format here.  I do hope you enjoy reading the

The December 2021 Variable Star Section Circular is now available and can be downloaded here. I do hope you enjoy

We have a possible (*) Nova in Aries, currently at mag 11.9 An optical transient was reported by the MASTER

Image of LL And courtesy of Gary Poyner who used the COAST telescope, CDK 17. Field: 43 arcmin, E to

The September 2021 Variable Star Section Circular, number 189, is available for download here. Many thanks to all our contributors

Revised edition of the Eclipsing Binary Observing Guide now available Eclipsing binaries can be studied with a range of techniques,

The Recurrent Nova RS Oph is in eruption. It was reported at mag 5 last evening (Aug 8) by Alexandre

Above image by Nick James (Nick also prepared the PANSTARRS field image shown in the teaser – see his animated

The June 2021 Variable Star Section Circular 188 is now available for download.  To find out the latest on Nova

CG Draconis was discovered by Hoffmeister in 1965 (1) and he later classified it as a dwarf nova (2). Rather