Resources

Charts and Catalogues

• Comparison Charts can be generated at the AAVSO Variable Star Plotter.
• The General Catalogue of Variable Stars can be queried at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in Russia.

Tools

• For checking SN/Nova candidates use the Digital Sky Survey.
and the MPC Asteroid Checker.
• Variable Star Observer planner.
• Guide 8 Star Plotting Program.

Organisations

• A.A.V.S.O. American Association of Variable Star Observers.
• B.A.A. Variable Star Section.
• Center for Backyard Astrophysics.
• AAVSO CV Section cataclysmic variables.
• Association Française pour Observations des Etoiles Variables (AFOEV)
• High Energy Network of AAVSO (includes Gamma-Ray bursts).
• International Supernova Network.
• Society for Popular Astronomy - Variable Star Section based in England.
• The Astronomer - Variable Stars.

Photometry

• Optec Photometers.
• SBIG CCD Cameras/Filters for Photometry.
• AIP4WIN 2 Program/Disc package Photometry.
• IRIS 5 Software includes Photometry.
• Mira 7 Software includes Photometry.

Members sites

• Kinglands Observatory by Eamonn Annsbro.
• Variable Star Nights by John O'Neill.