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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Variable stars are a field where the contribution of amateur astronomers is of great importance. This contribution can be separated in to complementary parts:
1) collaboration with professional institutes that well-equipped amateurs can easily undertake in the field of photoelectric observation;
2) visual observation of variable stars, which in many cases can be a preliminary approach to photoelectric photometry.