Hello

[petrovich]

Found this forum via Pete Lawrences site very impressed. I am a Variable Star watcher for my sins and a member of BAA Variable Star Section, Hampshire Astronomy Group and follow another forum UKAI etc etc.

[GordonCopestake]

Welcome onboard (no pun intended). It's always good to have new members, especially knowledgable ones!

[geppetto]

Wecome to the forum

Enjoy your stay

[Jamie]

Hi Petrovich and welcome to Stargazers.

Enjoy your stay.

[Greg]

Welcome,

Friendly bunch here.

Greg

[FLO]

Welcome aboard Petrovitch

[Mick.G.]

Hi Petrovich.

A lot of good banter here,so pull up a chair & get stuck in.

All the best Mick.G.

[Grant]

Welcome to the forums Petrovich

[OXO]

Welcome to the forum Petrovich Variable stars observer now thats something i have not done for a long while.

Enjoy the Forum

James

[tom.yates]

Welcome

[CELESCOPE]

Hi Ya Pete , nice to see you on here , and hope you enjoy being with us ,

Cheers

Rog

[daz]

Welcome Petrovich,

VS observing is something I have been trying to do recently, but without much success. Too many factors to list, but will be trying again soon!!

[MartinB]

Good to have you with us Petrovich. I have done no variable star observing. Many of us would be interested hear some reports from you or possibly so good info on good targets to watch out for. Hope you enjoy the forum

[Astroman]

Welcome Petrovic! I'm also a VSO'er and belong to the AAVSO. I'm also on the gamma ray burst network, (GCN). Have you heard of it?

[petrovich]

Thanks all for the welcomes, I think I know one or two of you from a different forum? No can't be. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

Astroman - I had heard of it, but had not looked at the website etc so will do so now and let you know how I get on. At the moment doing some very easy visual work SS Her / X Cam etc. Also I have a BAA mentor

who is helping me to settle in with any technical issues plus the legendary Gary Poyner is always at hand for anything VS.

My eventual aim is to do photometry in the VS field.

[Kaptain Klevtsov]

My eventual aim is to do photometry in the VS field.

Yeah, I'm going to do loads of that if I find out what it is.

Welcome Petrovich, any chance of an Idiots Guide to variable stars for us beginners?

Captain Chaos

[petrovich]

Because I am busy right now workwise ( I have this forum running on a separate laptop in the office) I will put something together for the weekend or if luck runs in my direction by tonight after the footie.

If waiting is not anyones game I would suggest reading this article as this is the one that got me hooked and it is the ideal starters guide.

http://www.britastro.org/vss/holland.pdf

[petrovich]

Hello Captain, sorry but I should have added that the photometry side of VS gazing is just using a B/W CCD with filters and getting far more accurate readings than visual sightings.

Regards

:) :)

[daz]

CC

There are also two good books - one from the BAA (A guide to Variable Stars), and David Levy's (The name of which escapes me, as does my copy !! )

[petrovich]

David Levy - Observing Variable Stars (a guide for the beginner)........... I think.

[Astroman]

Yeah, I'm going to do loads of that if I find out what it is.

Captain Chaos

:)

[daz]

That's the one, Petrovich.

My copy appears to have wandered off..............

[petrovich]

The trouble with doing variable star projects is that everything that I used to do planetry and DSO has dropped to the background .

Perhaps I will do something about that when the new Ambermile pier is fitted and some cooler weather arrives, I am finding all objects at night in my field of view are disco dancing, but then again don't they call it garage or house or shed or something now.

:) :)