Introduction:

Since 1989 amateur astronomer and TA (The Astronomer ) observer Mike Collins has made a large number of discoveries of new variable starsas a result of undertaking nova patrol photographs. As these are newly discovered, they represent a great observing chalange to determine what type of variable star they are along with maximum and minimum britghtness and period. The list below is only a small sample of Mike's hundreds of dicoveries, but they are some of the least observed, I have dropped some stars from previous years, my observations seem to indicate they semi-regular type stars. Below are links to a list of Mike Collin's discoveries and to Chris Jone's ICCE programme.