Following new materials have become available on VSNET WWW Home Page. Some of materials are also retrievable via VSNET ftp (http://ftp.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/pub/vsnet). All items listed here are reachable via the "What's new" menu. We appreciate your regular visits. Please enjoy! General ------- * Index to individual variable stars (links to charts based on Hipparcos & Tycho provided) * Light curves from VSNET reports (updated on 1997 Sep. 4) * VSNET quiz, new * GIF chart based on Hipparcos and Tycho catalogues * VSOLJ database online! * VSOLJ database, full text data (in JST) Novae ----- * Nova Sco 1997 * Fading of Nova Her 1991 = V838 Her * Nova Sco 1997, VSNET chart * Nova Cyg 1992 five years after outburst * Nova Cyg 1992 (V1974 Cyg) campaign (Retter) Dwarf novae ----------- * Rare outburst of V1028 Cyg (May 17) * V1028 Cyg preprint (Baba et al.) * Superoutburst of V844 Her = Var43 Her (updated on July 1) * Superoutburst of V485 Cen, updated * Outburst CCD image of CP Dra * Possible outburst of RY Ser (Aug. 2) * New SU UMa-type dwarf nova USNO 1425.09823278 Symbiotic stars --------------- * Outburst of Z And R CrB-stars ----------- * Z UMi page, updated BL Lac objects -------------- * Large outburst of BL Lac * Outburst CCD image of BL Lac X-ray transients ---------------- * New X-ray transient XTE J1755-324 Pulsating variables ------------------- * HIP1627 (Farrell) (Some important phenomena have not been raised to pages due to the list trouble and the IAU General Assembly activity). Regards, VSNET manager group ---------------------------------------------------------------------- VSNET WWW home page http://vsnet.kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp/vsnet/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------