List of Articles

A selection of articles which have appeared in past issues of the VSS Circular and JBAA.  The list is far from exhaustive, and merely gives a flavour of the type of work which appears in the Circular.

Copyright for those papers appearing below which are taken from the Journal of the British Astronomical Association remain with the author and the British Astronomical Association! 

       General

• Low cost BVRI filters for CMOS/CCD Photometry.  Tex Moon (Apr 2018)
• Six Stars that Vary. Paul Abel (JBAA 126, 3, 2016)
• Hunting Outbursting Young Stars with the Centre of Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences (HOYS-CAPS)   Dr Dirk Froebrich
• A Star is born: A guide to Young Stellar Objects.  Mike Poxon
• RZ Cassiopeiae: The eclipse of a binary star. Janet Simpson
• CG Draconis: A particularly active Dwarf Novae. Jeremy Shears
• Pickard's New Observatory. R. Pickard
• What Photometric precision can I achieve? D. Boyd
• British Variable Star Associations, 1848-1908.  John Toone
• Why Observe Variable Stars (PDF) - Presented by Karen Holland at BAA Observers' Workshop No. 1
• Variable Stars and Vermin. J. Toone
• CCD Photometry Norman Walker
• Index to VSSC 72-100 Phil Busby and Julie Farrer
• Foreword to VSSC 105 index R D Pickard
• Gary Poyner receives the BAA Steavenson Award R D Pickard
• High Energy Astrophysics Workshop R D Pickard
• Modern catalogues for var-star comparisons J Greaves
• Red Comparison Stars - Future Policy J Toone
• Epochs and Periods for EBs Tony Markham
• VSSC100: VSS obs and the Hubble Key Programme I D Howarth
• VSSC100: from the BAA President M Mobberley
• Report on the Warner Symposium on CVs W J Worraker
• Known Variables in Hipparcos data Tony Markham
• CCD Chip Data Tables K Holland
• Changing Emphasis - A Comparison of VSS records, 1925, 1975, 1997 D McAdam
• IP Peg: Making important eclipse observations W J Worraker
• Why Observe V Bootis? T Brelstaff
• U Gem: Eclipse observations have astrophysical importance W J Worraker
• Jack Ells Automatic Photoelectric Telescope Roger Pickard
• Finding Variable Stars on the Web Tony Markham
• How low can you go? J Toone
• The database reaches One Million! D McAdam
• One Quarter Million and counting  Gary Poyner

       Observing

       General

• The most un-loved variable stars.  Tracie Heywood, June 2017
• HS 0705+6700. All times of minima. (Excel Spreadsheet, David Pulley, September 20 2015)
• Gaps in Historical Light Curves  Tracie Heywood,  Oct 01 2014
• An introduction to Variable Star Observing. Roger Pickard (JBAA 122, 5, 2012)
• Observing Variable Stars with Binoculars.  Melvyn Taylor
• Some observations of RR Lyrae in Aug/Sep 2005.  Des Loughney
• The 2004 eclipse of eta Geminorum.  Tony Markham
• Observing Eclipsing Variables: a beginners Guide. Tony Markham (JBAA 114, 4, 2004)
• My first and 100,000th observation. Peter Williams (March 2005)
• Observing U Gem to the limit. J. Toone
• Why chi Cygni fades. M. Gavin (VSSC 130)
• The historic outbursts of T CrB revisited. J. Toone (VSSC 138)
• The early bird gets the variable. J. Toone (VSSC 113)
• GY Cancri: Catch a rising star.  Bill Worraker
• Eclipsing DNe update 1 W J Worraker
• A New Project for Detecting Eclipsing DNe W J Worraker
• Mike Collins' discoveries G M Hurst
• Suspected Binocular Variables in Hipparcos data Tony Markham 
• V592 Her: Outburst, 1998 G Poyner
• chi Cygni: a 100+year BAA record D McAdam
• Eclipsing Binaries to Observe using Binoculars Tony Markham
• Seven new Variable Stars in Cygnus  Stan Waterman & Richard Stratford
• The 1367 Cluster of Variable Stars in Cygnus    Stan Waterman & Richard Stratford

        CCD & PEP

• High cadence measurements of the symbiotic star V648 Car using a CMOS camera.  Steve Fleming, Terry Moon and David Hoxley  (June 2018)
• Tools for Supernova discovery and follow up. T. Boles. (JBAA 116-5, 2006 October)
• First steps in CCD photometry. Jeremy Shears (March 2005)
• Simple photometric observations of BR Canum Venaticorum (a troublesome comparison star) Kevin West, John Howarth & László Kiss
• ST LMi: First CCD photometry from Lymm J M Saxton
• A Flare on EV Lac J M Saxton
• DV UMa: CCD images D G Buczynski
• V1494 Aql (Nova 1999 No.2): Image and Spectrum M Gavin
• Nova 1999 Aql No.1: CCD image obtained at Condor Brow D G Buczynski 
• NSV 13262: Detected in CCD Nova Patrol G M Hurst

       DSLR

• Observing AO Cas and rho Cas with a DSLR.   Des Loughney
• Variable Star Photometry with a DSLR Camera.  Des Loughney (JBAA 120, 3, 2010)
• A demonstration of accurate wide field V-band photometry using a consumer grade DSLR camera.  Kloppenborg et al, 2013
• DSLR Photometry.  Mike Durkin 2013

       Analysis

• Eclipse comparisons of the symbiotic nova V1413 Aql from visual photometry.  Gary Poyner (JBAA 122,6,2012)
• The BAA VSS Lont Term Polar Monitoring Programme. The first five years, 2006-2011. Gary Poyner (JBAA 123, 2, 2013)
• The Multi-periodicity of W Cygni. J.J. Howarth (JBAA 101, 2 April 1991)
• Photometry of the dwarf nova AW Sagittae during the 2006 November Superoutburst. J. Shears, R. Pickard, T. Krajci, G. Poyner (JBAA 118-3, 2008 June)
• CG Draconis - a particularly active dwarf nova. J. Shears, R. Pickard, G. Poyner (JBAA 117-1, 2007 February)
• CCD Photometry and visual observations of V1663 Aql. (Nova Aquila 2005) D. Boyd & G. Poyner (JBAA 116-6, 2006 December)
• V973 Cygni - an overlooked semi-regular variable. J.J. Howarth (JBAA 116-1 2006 Feb)
• R Aquilae: Further investigations J Greaves & J J Howarth
• V Boo: an SR of declining amplitude J Greaves & J J Howarth
• omicron Ceti: O-C diagram from derived elements D McAdam
• chi Cygni: Supplemental J Greaves
• The Maxima of Chi Cygni D McAdam
• R Aql: Report using BAAVSS data J Greaves
• Analyses of Variable Star Observations Tony Markham
• An Intensive CCD Photometry Campaign to observe DW Ursa Majoris.  D. Boyd & B. Gaensicke  (SAS Conference Paper)
• Observations of NO Aur C Lloyd and D McAdam
• Recent Observations of 44 Bootis J M Saxton

      Variable Star Spectroscopy

• Simple Low Resolution Spectroscopy of Bright Stars using a digital SLR camera.  Robin Leadbeater
• 2015 Spectroscopy Workshop at the NLO
• 2015 OHP Spectroscopy Workshop.  David Boyd
• CCD and spectroscopic observations of Nova Cephei 2013.   David Boyd
• Changes in the spectrum of Z Ursa Majoris during it's rise through a maximum in 2014 June.   David Boyd
• Photometric and spectroscopic observations of EE Cephei.    David Boyd
• Recent measurements of HR Del - formerly Nova Del 1967.   David Boyd
• Spectra of Symbiotic Stars.   David Boyd
• Spectral changes in AC Herculis during it's rise to a maximum in 2014 July.   David Boyd
• Spectral evolution of Nova Delphini 2013 = V339 Del.   David Boyd
• Spectroscopic observations of Nova Delphini 2013 = V339 Del.   David Boyd
• Spectroscopic observations of the bright RV Tauri variable R Scuti.   David Boyd
• Spectroscopic observations of the outburst of SS Cygni in 2013 September-October.   David Boyd
• Spectrum of the T Tauri star BP Tau.   David Boyd
• Supernova SN 2014J in M82.   David Boyd
• R Leo: Spectrum near minimum light    Maurice Gavin
• Variable Star Spectra Compared     Maurice  Gavin
• Four Spectra obtained at WPO     Maurice Gavin
• T Tau: Emission lines in Low-res Spectrum     Maurice Gavin
• 3C273: Low-res Spectrum - An amateur first?     Maurice Gavin
• Selection of Low-Res Spectra     Maurice Gavin
• omicron Ceti: Mira's low-res Spectrum     Maurice Gavin
• T Cep: Pre-maximum spectra   Maurice Gavin
• chi Cygni - August 2015.    Andrew Wilson

       Observer Profiles

• Mike Gainsford  (Dec.2004)
• Tony Markham
• Roger Pickard
• Gary Poyner
• Mike Simonsen
• Janet Simpson  (June 2004)
• John Toone