Tag Archives: variable stars

Developing a variable programme

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Gustav Holmberg

Hernán De Angelis has written two great blog posts on how to develop a programme for observing variable stars: here and here. Recommended reading!

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AAVSO on Twitter

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Gustav Holmberg

I am a happy member of the AAVSO. The organization organizes amateurs and professionals on a global scale who are interested in variable stars; furthermore, the AAVSO has built up and maintained crucial parts of the infrastructure of variable star … Continue reading →

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Printing

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Gustav Holmberg

I’m printing a new batch of charts for variable star observing; in this electronic age, I still prefer to have paper charts with sequences of compstars with me out at the telescope. For one thing, they can handle the damp … Continue reading →

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SS Cyg in outburst

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Gustav Holmberg

Yesterday I observed SS Cygni at 11.2 and 11.1, the early stages of an outburst.

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