Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow, Russia . ... After the 2nd World War, the Executive Committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) made two groups in Moscow responsible for catalogues of variable stars. ... Presently, the variable-star catalogue groups still exist within the Sternberg Astronomical Institute and the Institute of Astronomy of Russian Academy of Sciences . ... Sergei V. Antipin (Search for new variables, Cepheids, dwarf novae, GCVS) . ... Institute | ...