Variable Star Network: World Center for Transient Object Astronomy and Variable Stars
Abstract
Variable Star Network (VSNET) is a global professional-amateur network of researchers in variable stars and related objects, particularly in transient objects, such as cataclysmic variables, black-hole binaries, supernovae, and gamma-ray bursts. The VSNET has been playing a pioneering role in establishing the field of transient object astronomy, by effectively incorporating modern advances in observational astronomy and global electronic networks, as well as collaborative progress in theoretical astronomy and astronomical computing. The VSNET is now one of the best-featured global networks in this field of astronomy. We review the historical progress, design concept, associated technology, and a wealth of scientific achievements powered by VSNET.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
- Pub Date:
- March 2004
- DOI:
- 10.1093/pasj/56.sp1.S1
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0310209
- Bibcode:
- 2004PASJ...56S...1K
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 57 pages, 21 figures, to appear in PASJ (special issue on VSNET), for more information and a full resolution version, see http://www.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/