The ''New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars'' (NSV) is a

star catalogue A star catalogue is an astronomical catalogue that lists stars. In astronomy, many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. There are a great many different star catalogues which have been produced for different purposes over the years, ...

containing 14,811 stars which, although suspected to be

variable Variable may refer to: * Variable (computer science), a symbolic name associated with a value and whose associated value may be changed * Variable (mathematics), a symbol that represents a quantity in a mathematical expression, as used in many ...

, were not given

variable star designations In astronomy, a variable star designation is a unique identifier given to variable stars. It uses a variation on the Bayer designation format, with an identifying label (as described below) preceding the Latin language, Latin genitive case, geniti ...

prior to 1980. It was published in 1982.New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars: The Improved Version
explanatory file, B. V. Kukarkin et al., Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences and Sternberg State Astronomical Institute of the Moscow State University, accessed on line October 2, 2008.

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External links

New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars: The Improved Version
on line at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University. Astronomical catalogues of stars Variable stars