Variable Stars
Links
American Association of Variable Star Observers
The largest organization for variable stars: provides professional and amateur collaboration, research, and analysis of variable star observations.
General Catalog of Variable Stars Research Group
http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/
Research group working on the GCVS, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia. Includes catalogs and publications.
Information Bulletin on Variable Stars
http://www.konkoly.hu/IBVS/IBVS.html
The IBVS is a bulletin of Commissions 27 and 42 of the International Astronomical Union, published by Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Hungary.
Free Virtual Galaxy Project
By Jim Smith's. Purpose is to provide a zero cost, interactive 3D virtual reality system.
A Ritzian Interpretation of Variable Stars
http://www.ebicom.net/~rsf1/binaries.htm
A study on the nature of the speed of light in space using light curves and spectroscopic observations of variable stars as evidence.
The Minima of Algol
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/variablestars/article_108_1.asp
An article by Alan MacRobert from Sky and Telescope Magazine about the star Algol (Beta Persei) was the first eclipsing variable star ever discovered.
The Top Twelve Naked-Eye Variable Stars
http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/variablestars/article_160_1.asp
An article by John Isles from Sky and Telescope Magazine.
The Cepheid Distance Scale: A History
http://institute-of-brilliant-failures.com/index.htm
A critical review of the Cepheid distance scale, from its inception, to the Hipparcos mission and beyond.