The RASNZ Variable Star Section and Variable Stars South

Volume 40 number 1 (2012)

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Albert Jones

31 Ranui Road, Stoke, Nelson 7011, New Zealand; albert.jones@slingshot.co.nz

Stan Walker

272 Heath Road, Waiharara 0486, New Zealand; astroman@paradise.net.nz

Abstract

The Variable Star Section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (RASNZ-VSS) began in 1927 and has now been revived in the shape of Variable Stars South. This review introduces Variable Stars South (VSS), then continues by outlining some of the history of the RASNZ-VSS, discusses the more worthwhile achievements of the old RASNZ-VSS and mentions some of the observers and others who contributed to those successes.