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ASSA

Variable star news and articles

 

Articles

  • Naked-eye nova in Sagittarius – March 2015
  • Comparison of Nova Del 2013 and Nova Cen 2013
  • Revealing the Complex Outflow structure of binary UY Aurigae
  •  UW Centauri is making a come-back
  •  R Leonis – a very good place to start

News from elsewhere

  • The February 2015 edition (and back issues) of the Asymptotic Giant Branch newsletter can be down loaded : http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/AGBnews
  • Pulsating supergiant Antares : Betelgeuse’s neglected twin

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