Hi!

An updated version of General Catalogue of Variable Stars has
appeared at http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/new.htm.
It appears that the relevant data-file has the same name as the old
one appearing in Guide (according to the ''extras'' files).

Has anyone tried the update? It seems the update is mostly relevant
for southern observers as the abstract for the accompanying paper
(http://www.astronet.ru/db/varstars/msg/1224094), reads:

We are currently working on a version of the General Catalogue of
Variable Stars (GCVS) revised taking into account the new data
accumulated since the 4th GCVS edition. A draft new version will be
released for each constellation as soon as the work for the
constellation is finished. It will contain all stars of the 4th GCVS
edition plus a complete catalogue of the stars added to the GCVS in
the Name Lists of Variable Stars Nos. 67-78. Now we are ready for the
first release, containing more than 1300 variable stars in the
constellations of Antlia, Ara, and Telescopium. When preparing the
release, we actively used modern data-mining possibilities to improve
variability types and light elements. This paper introduces the first
release of the new GCVS version and presents new results (types,
light elements), based mainly on data mining, for 213 stars.



Regards
Arne Lindengard