The AAVSO’s program: creating inclusive citizen science communities

Cutting Edge ◽

Main Claim ◽

Astronomical Research

<p>The American Association of Variable Star Observers was formed in 1911 as a group of US-based amateur observers obtaining data in support of professional astronomy projects. Now, it has evolved into an International Association with members and observers from both the professional and non-professional astronomical community, actively supporting ground and space-based variable star projects. As such, the AAVSO&#8217;s main claim to fame is that it successfully engages backyard Astronomers, educators, students and professional astronomers in astronomical research, building inclusive international communities around its portfolio. I will present the main aspects of the association and how it has evolved with time to become a premium resource for variable star researchers. I will also discuss the various means that the AAVSO is using to support cutting-edge research, and give updates on the tools and resources that are now available to researchers worldwide.</p>

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS

Science ◽

10.1126/science.46.1199.620 ◽

1917 ◽

Vol 46 (1199) ◽

pp. 620-621

Author(s):

L. C.

Keyword(s):

Variable Star ◽

The AAVSO and its Variable Star Databank on Pulsating Stars

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100037805 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 155 ◽

pp. 421-422 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Janet A. Mattei

Keyword(s):

Variable Star ◽

American Association ◽

Variable Stars ◽

Pulsating Stars

AbstractThe American Association of Variable Stars Observers is the world’s largest organization of variable star observers. Its services to the astronomical community and database on pulsating variables are described.

Book Review Diseases and Surgery of the Genito-Urinary System . By Francis S. Watson, M.D., Senior Visiting Surgeon to the Boston City Hospital; Lecturer on Genito-Urinary Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Member of the American Surgical Association; of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons; of the American Urological Association; of the International Surgical Association; of L'Association Français d'urologic; of the International Association of Urology and its first Vice-President; Corresponding Member of the Surgical Society of Moscow; assisted by John H. Cunningham, Jr., M.D., Visiting Surgeon to the Long Island Hospital, Boston; Assistant Visiting Surgeon to the Boston City Hospital; Member of the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons and of the American Urological Association. Vol. I. The External Genitals. The Prostate and Bladder. With 339 engravings and 23 colored plates. Vol. II. The Kidneys and Ureters. With 115 engravings and 24 colored plates. Philadelphia and New York: Lea & Febiger. 1908.

Boston Medical and Surgical Journal ◽

10.1056/nejm190901281600412 ◽

1909 ◽

Vol 160 (4) ◽

pp. 114-114

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Harvard Medical School ◽

American Association ◽

Vice President ◽

City Hospital ◽

Boston City Hospital ◽

American Urological Association ◽

Island Hospital

Dorrit Hoffleit. Misfortunes as Blessings in Disguise: The Story of My Life. Foreword by, Jane A. Mattei. xviii + 176 pp., illus., bibl. Cambridge, Mass.: American Association of Variable Star Observers, 2003. $25 (cloth).

Isis ◽

10.1086/423588 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 95 (1) ◽

pp. 163-163 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Peggy Aldrich Kidwell

Keyword(s):

Variable Star ◽

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS

Science ◽

10.1126/science.96.2496.405 ◽

1942 ◽

Vol 96 (2496) ◽

pp. 405-406

Author(s):

L. CAMPBELL

Keyword(s):

Variable Star ◽

Opening Ceremonies, 69th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research, 20th Annual Session of the American Association for Dental Research, and the and 12th Annual Session of the Mexican Division of the International Association for Dental Research, Wednesday, April 17, 1991, Centro Internacional Acapulco, Acapulco, México

Journal of Dental Research ◽

10.1177/00220345910700080301 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 70 (8) ◽

pp. 1107-1107

Keyword(s):

American Association ◽

Annual Session ◽

General Session ◽

Dental Research

Political Violence and the Health Professional

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/s000712500003186x ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 159 (6) ◽

pp. 7-9

Author(s):

Stuart Turner

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Political Violence ◽

American Association ◽

Research Centre ◽

The Political ◽

Torture Survivors ◽

Head Nurse ◽

Biographical Dictionary ◽

Torture Victims

Andre Koppers is a historian, now working as a research assistant attached to the International Association on the Political Use of Psychiatry. His A Biographical Dictionary on the Political Abuse of Psychiatry in the USSR is published by the IAPUP, Amsterdam (£5, 180 pp., 1990) Lone Jacobsen is head nurse and Peter Vesti a psychiatrist at the Danish Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims. Torture Survivors–A New Group of Patients is published by the Danish Nurses1 Organization, Amsterdam (£12, 80 pp., 1990, in an English translation by Bente Bach) and is intended primarily for nurses. Finally, Eric Stover, a staff officer with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and Elena Nightingale, lecturer in health policy at Harvard and chair of the AAAS Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility, edited The Breaking of Bodies and Minds, published by W. H. Freeman, New York (£16.95 (pb), 335 pp., 1985).

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF VARIABLE STAR OBSERVERS

Science ◽

10.1126/science.44.1147.898 ◽

1916 ◽

Vol 44 (1147) ◽

pp. 898-898

Author(s):

F. E. B.

Keyword(s):

Variable Star ◽

Variable star research: an international perspective: proceedings of the first European meeting of the American Association of Variable Star Observers: "International Cooperation and Coordination in Variable Star research"

Choice Reviews Online ◽

10.5860/choice.29-5678 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 29 (10) ◽

pp. 29-5678-29-5678

Keyword(s):

International Cooperation ◽

Variable Star ◽

American Association ◽

International Perspective ◽

European Meeting

Long-Term Brightness Changes in Cool Pulsating Variables

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100118160 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 139 ◽

pp. 425-427

Author(s):

John R. Percy

Keyword(s):

Time Scales ◽

Large Amplitude ◽

Variable Star ◽

American Association ◽

Long Term Changes ◽

Long Time ◽

Red Giant

AbstractSeveral types of cool pulsating variables show unexplained long-term changes in brightness, typically on time scales of 10 to 20 times the basic (pulsational) period. The visual and photoelectric programs of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) are well-suited for detecting and studying these changes. Some examples are given here, including yellow hypergiants, RV Tauri stars, small- and large-amplitude red giant and super giant variables. The study of pulsating variables on long time scales provides “new perspectives” on their behavior.