Short articles on Variable Star
Astronomy:
An Introduction to Variable Star Observing
TASV J1835+383 - (A suspected variable comparison
star for LL Lyr)
V1413 Aql: An Eclipsing Symbiotic
Star Updated July 17th 2005
V1329 Cyg: Outburst profiles
1990-2003
Authored & Co-authored published papers:
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Amateur Astronomers & Cataclysmic Variables
European Southern Observatory - Messenger, June 1995
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Active Galactic Nuclei Webb Society Quarterly
Journal, issue 116 April 1999
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UK Nova/Supernova Patrol: Recurrent Objects Programme
report 1994. BAAJ 106, 3, 155-159 (June 1996)
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Eclipse observations of IP Peg during outburst:
Proceedings of the 158th colloquium of the IAU held at Keele University
1995. Astropysics and Space Science library, Vol 208
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The 1997 outburst of BL Lacertae and detection of a
0.6 mag rapid variation. PASJ (Publication of the Astronomical
Society of Japan) 51, 253-256 (1999)
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CR Boo: The helium ER UMa star wiith the 46.3
day supercycle. MNRAS 315, 140-148 January 2000
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Intensive Monitoring of OJ287. Astronomy &
Astrophysics July 2000
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IBVS 4932: Detection of Supercycle in SS UMi:
Normal SU UMa-type dwarf nova with the shortest supercycle.
August 2000
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IBVS 5120: The second supercycle of the helium
ER UMa star, CR Boo. June 2001
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V344 Lyr: An unusual large-amplitude SU UMa type
dwarf nova with a short supercycle. MNRAS, 2001
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Deep fading of the Herbig Be star MisV1147. In
press (2004) PASJ
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Pro-Am Astronomy: Variable Stars. Meeting Report, Cambridge 2002.
Astronomy & Geophysics Aug 2002 Vol 43, issue 4.
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"How to...Observe Variable Stars".
BBC Sky at Night
magazine, November 2005 #6
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"Pulsating Red Giants and other Variable Stars".
Astronomy Now magazine,
November 2006
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Observations of the recently discovered Dwarf Nova 1RXSJ053234.9+624755,
during the 2005 March Superoutburst. JBAA Vol.116, 1 2006. Also available
at Arxiv Astro-ph
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605394
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CCD photometry and visual observations of V1663 Aql (Nova Aql 2005). JBAA
Vol. 116, No. 6, 2006 and can also be viewed at Arxiv Astro-ph
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605650
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CG Draconis. A particularly active Dwarf Novae. JBAA Vol 117,
No.1, 2007 and can also be reviewed at Arxiv Astro-ph
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0608081
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Brief Outbursts in the Dwarf Nova V1316 Cyg. JBAA Vol. 116, No.5 2006
and can also be viewed at Arxiv Astto-ph
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0605284
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HR Lyrae (Nova Lyr 1919): from outburst to active quiescence. JBAA Vol. 117,
No.3, 2007 and can also be viewed at Arxiv Astro-ph
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701719
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Analysis of the first confirmed Superoutburst of V337 Cygni in 2006 May.
JBAA Vol. 117, No. 4 and can also be viewed at Arxiv Astro-ph
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0702607
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Photometry of the Dwarf Nova AW Sge duirng the 2006 November Superoutburst.
JBAA Vol. 118, No. 3 2008, and can be viewed at Arxiv Astro-ph
http://arxiv.org/abs/0705.4611
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Photometry and Astrometry of SS Leo Minoris during the 2006 October
Superoutburst. JBAA Vol 118, No.2 and can be viewed at Arxiv Astro-ph
http://arxiv.org/abs/0707.2206
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The structure of the October/November 2005 outburst in OJ287 and the precessing
Black Hole model. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 477 2 (2008) 407-412
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A massive binary black hole system in OJ287 and a test of general relativity.
NATURE (letters) Vol 452 April 17 2008 pg 851
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Video
interview with Prof. Boris Gaensicke and myself on V455 And (HS2331)
- before the Sept. 2007 outburst! Promotional video for Warwick University
Astronomy dept. (filmed in my study).
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