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INTERVIEWS
Ronald Downes
Principle author of the Downes et al, Online Catalog and
Atlas of Cataclysmic Variables, shines a light on the process for inclusion in the catalog for CVnet observers.
Boris Gaensicke
Dr. Boris Gaensicke, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick, England, discusses cataclysmic variables, observational population studies
of CVs and magnetic CVs with Gary Poyner in this exclusive CVnet interview.
Arne Henden
The Director of the AAVSO talks with CVnet about the
future of CV research, CCD and visual observations, observing campaigns and Pro-Am collaboration.
Steve Howell
Steve Howell, an astronomer at the WIYN Observatory located
on Kitt Peak near Tucson, Arizona, discusses polars, magnetic fields and the nature of the secondary stars in these systems.
Guy Hurst
Guy Hurst, past President of the British Astronomical Association
and Editor of "The Astronomer" magazine, discusses Pro-Am collaboration.
Koji Mukai
Koji Mukai, a Ph.D astronomer working for the NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, discusses intermediate polars, magnetic CVs that confound our attempts to understand them in
many ways.
Joe Patterson
Joe Patterson, professor of astronomy at Columbia University, talks with CVnet about the
Center for Backyard Astrophysics (CBA) and their CV activities.
Gary Poyner
Gary, an English amateur, talks about the Recurrent
Objects Programme, a program to monitor for outbursts of poorly understood cataclysmic variables and other eruptive stars.
Paula Szkody
Paula, professor of astronomy at the University of Washington,
talks about the CVs being discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
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