The AAVSO's 100th Anniversary Meetings in the Pages of the AAVSO Journal

The special 100th anniversary issue of The Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (JAAVSO, Vol. 40, No. 1, Parts A and B) celebrates the AAVSO's centennial by featuring papers presented at the 2011 Spring and Annual meetings of the AAVSO, as well as a section of thirteen invited review papers covering the latest developments in variable star astronomy.

Included in this special issue:

Group photographs taken at the 2011 Spring and Annual meetings

Meeting attendee lists

Photographs of the paper presenters

Papers on Women in the History of Variable Star Astronomy

Papers on the History of Variable Star Astronomy in Theory and Practice

Papers on the History of Variable Star Organizations

Papers on the History of AAVSO Observers, Programs, and Supporters

Scientific session papers and abstracts from the joint AAVSO/AAS meeting, Spring 2011

Papers presented at the general and scientific sessions of the 2011 Spring and Annual meetings

Text of the after-banquet remarks by Owen Gingerich

Invited review papers