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570 by HQA
2012-10-29 14:33
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2012-11-06 09:06
Sticky: Purpose of this Forum
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2012-06-05 15:10
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Sticky: Navigation and Subscribing to Forums
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2012-05-10 15:33
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Sticky: New Members: Welcome to the AAVSO
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2011-07-19 11:13
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My AAVSO Scrapbook - 4
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2149 by Wyngs
2012-10-13 22:32
by Tom
2013-05-02 15:02
CHOICE in Astronomy online courses
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2319 by Aaron Price
2012-02-01 17:37
by SXN
2013-03-11 20:06
Request
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982 by Wyngs
2012-07-24 06:37
by Wyngs
2012-08-16 06:57
perspectives on professional vs. amateur astronomy
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1387 by clittlefield
2012-08-26 14:29
by KMP
2013-01-30 22:10
Arxiv articles of variable star interest
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1093 by NMR
2012-06-22 23:35
by NMR
2012-09-21 23:32
How to make important time sensitive announcements?
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656 by lmk
2012-10-08 03:21
by RebeccaTurner
2012-10-16 16:53
Aavso Variable Star Atlas
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1267 by WFOA
2012-09-08 15:59
by wlm
2013-02-19 21:55
Ever thought of moving AAVSO headquarters out of Boston?
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477 by bjs
2013-02-24 00:05
by bjs
2013-02-24 15:41
Bright Star Monitor Epoch Photometry Database
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717 by NMR
2012-12-05 14:45
by Aaron Price
2012-12-21 13:23
hunting for UXORs among EA stars
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499 by pox
2012-12-04 20:05
by pox
2012-12-13 14:23
questions for submitting large amount of data
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620 by Dauban Survey
2012-11-18 17:24
by Matthew Templeton
2012-11-28 10:22
New issue of the JAAVSO published
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1016 by RebeccaTurner
2012-08-21 15:59
by LaurenRosenbaum
2013-01-03 17:42
CHOICE Courses: Registration is open!
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2962 by RebeccaTurner
2012-08-03 16:12
by gbolt
2012-08-05 06:41
Rebecca Turner named new AAVSO Operations Director
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603 by HQA
2012-06-05 18:37
by gaj
2012-06-15 17:29
AAVSO HQ is closed
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452 by HQA
2013-04-19 08:33
by HNL
2013-04-20 08:21
Asteroid on collision course
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720 by chasrob
2012-09-24 10:28
by chasrob
2012-10-01 12:27
New to variables
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284 by Bish
2013-04-20 15:22
by Bish
2013-04-23 16:15
Novae finally given GCVS names
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323 by SXN
2013-04-07 09:42
by KBJ
2013-04-29 20:49
What to do in this situation?HELP ME!!!
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302 by mbennett
2013-04-05 00:09
by MDAV
2013-04-07 19:23
Blizzard of 2013
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523 by HQA
2013-02-09 09:19
by HTY
2013-02-10 21:15
What filter? DSLR/photographic? WebObs
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584 by KBJ
2012-07-21 03:03
by KBJ
2012-07-22 20:21
Mr Dalton's observatory
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334 by Tom
2013-05-01 22:20
by Tom
2013-05-02 18:18
New Stats Book by Grant Foster
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536 by Aaron Price
2013-02-10 00:22
by LKR
2013-04-11 07:48
Special Topic Chat this Thursday, October 18th
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762 by RebeccaTurner
2012-10-15 17:05
by Gustav Holmberg
2012-10-19 16:20
My AAVSO Scrapbook -1
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552 by Wyngs
2012-09-15 03:45
by Wyngs
2012-09-17 22:20
Adding insult to injury
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705 by roe
2012-07-30 11:21
by douglasfowler
2012-08-05 11:26
Data Mining section
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690 by NMR
2012-06-07 03:14
by ZPA
2013-02-06 00:03
The sad story of H. Leavitt and R. Franklin
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461 by lmk
2012-12-22 06:47
by wlm
2013-01-02 14:30
Patrick Moore - RIP
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496 by NMR
2012-12-09 12:33
by Aaron Price
2012-12-09 23:46
New Eclipsing Binary?
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619 by Ken Hose
2012-10-28 12:40
by TCB168
2012-11-01 06:52
Website Cloud-bound on Wednesday
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2012-07-20 12:54
by kqr
2012-07-23 09:38
SeqPlot proble?
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413 by Mark Blackford
2012-06-10 05:07
by Mark Blackford
2012-06-14 17:43
Types of observations
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1444 by bramjam
2011-07-21 05:49
by SXN
2011-08-09 07:04
HQ status after the Boston bombings
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315 by HQA
2013-04-15 23:25
by David Benn
2013-04-16 09:45
Spectroscopy Section and Forum?
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541 by PKV
2012-10-03 18:52
by HPO
2012-10-04 15:28
Need advice on image processing pipeline
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517 by KTC
2012-09-22 09:40
by TCB168
2012-09-28 02:49
CCD Views and Eyepiece Views
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562 by PKV
2012-07-11 17:54
by Matthew Templeton
2012-07-13 08:35
If you happen to be going to ALCon 2012...
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412 by SXN
2012-06-26 17:08
by roe
2012-06-29 22:47
first data submission - confused
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741 by jfmb
2011-10-29 06:30
by SXN
2011-11-12 22:49
Live broadcasts from AAVSO Spring Meeting - Fri & Sat!
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173 by RebeccaTurner
2013-05-16 16:20
by RebeccaTurner
2013-05-18 07:53
VSPlotter refuses to locate Mu Cep in center & misidentifies its cross-hairs location
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2013-05-03 19:13
by pei
2013-05-07 04:46
Hello, first time writer with some questions.
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268 by Drix
2013-02-26 23:14
by HQA
2013-02-27 08:06
DY Per
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2013-02-26 12:32
by Sebastian Otero
2013-02-26 15:29
Getting coordinates of comparison stars
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2013-01-12 19:57
by HQA
2013-01-14 08:24
Free Stuff
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2012-11-17 21:37
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William Tyler Olcott Award
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