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2012-06-05 15:10
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2011-07-19 11:13
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2012-05-10 15:33
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Sticky: astro-ph variable-star papers
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2012-10-29 14:33
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2012-11-06 09:06
William Tyler Olcott Award
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2012-11-05 14:40
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2012-11-07 23:41
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2013-04-05 00:09
by MDAV
2013-04-07 19:23
What filter? DSLR/photographic? WebObs
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2012-07-23 09:38
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545 by KTC
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2012-06-22 08:47
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157 by Henry C Finney
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UT Time Never Goes On Daylight Savings Time!
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218 by CTX
2013-03-10 21:08
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2013-03-11 08:31
Use of ephemerides from european longitudes
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549 by javi_goagc
2012-02-07 19:15
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2012-02-10 17:01
Upcoming Annual Membership Meeting Broadcast Online
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531 by RebeccaTurner
2012-10-30 18:07
by RebeccaTurner
2012-11-02 12:13
Understudied/Under observed Targets
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433 by CTX
2012-12-29 01:54
by lmk
2012-12-29 17:15
UCAC4 and APASS
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1139 by NMR
2012-08-20 13:48
by NMR
2012-08-27 13:02
Types of observations
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1482 by bramjam
2011-07-21 05:49
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2011-08-09 07:04
Type A star looks like LPV
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434 by cappella
2012-07-22 15:51
by cappella
2012-07-23 05:57
Time Magazine's issue of "New Space Discoveries
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1198 by SDB
2012-09-24 09:03
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The sad story of H. Leavitt and R. Franklin
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487 by lmk
2012-12-22 06:47
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2013-01-02 14:30
The Future of Amateur Science
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350 by bjs
2013-03-20 07:36
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The Cloud Webserver - New & Improved!
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2012-07-26 14:46
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The Boston Bombing
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2013-04-15 23:22
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2013-04-17 11:50
The affects of supernovae on clusters and globular clusters
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359 by SXN
2012-06-07 08:11
by wel
2012-06-09 09:56
Telescope Doctor
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462 by KTC
2012-06-07 12:36
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Suggestions of Variable stars whose periodicity is most interesting....
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2013-01-28 20:17
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Suggestion for JAAVSO
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419 by HTY
2012-06-29 09:57
by roe
2012-06-29 13:54
Student discovers eclipsing variable star using images from PA observatory
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2013-04-08 15:50
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star flare near ngc7635
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2012-01-15 15:17
by Cleon_Wells
2012-01-17 11:41
Spring Meeting Charts
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2013-06-03 18:21
by roe
1 day 10 hours ago
Spring 2013 Meeting Date and Location
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428 by RebeccaTurner
2012-06-05 17:26
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Spectroscopy Section and Forum?
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574 by PKV
2012-10-03 18:52
by HPO
2012-10-04 15:28
Special Topic Chat this Thursday, October 18th
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790 by RebeccaTurner
2012-10-15 17:05
by Gustav Holmberg
2012-10-19 16:20
Some good resources not to be missed
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2012-06-15 18:24
by PKV
2012-06-15 19:43
Society for Astronomical Sciences Annual Symposium (2013)
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434 by WAB
2012-12-22 21:50
by HJZ
2013-01-14 18:01
SeqPlot proble?
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434 by Mark Blackford
2012-06-10 05:07
by Mark Blackford
2012-06-14 17:43
S APS
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201 by pukemaru
2013-05-12 20:39
by TUC
2013-05-14 16:17
Request for variable star images
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215 by M.Saladyga
2013-02-26 17:45
by roe
2013-02-26 18:21
Request
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1004 by Wyngs
2012-07-24 06:37
by Wyngs
2012-08-16 06:57
Recruiting new observers
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2012-09-18 11:07
by Aaron Price
2012-09-18 11:57
Rebecca Turner named new AAVSO Operations Director
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2012-06-05 18:37
by gaj
2012-06-15 17:29
questions for submitting large amount of data
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2012-11-18 17:24
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2012-11-28 10:22
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Photometry with a CCD Camera. Filters?
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perspectives on professional vs. amateur astronomy
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2012-12-09 12:33
by Aaron Price
2012-12-09 23:46
Now Coming At You From the Cloud!
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2012-07-25 14:54
by BRJ
2012-07-26 09:49
Novae finally given GCVS names
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2013-04-07 09:42
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Nova Monocerotis 2012
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2012-08-17 23:05
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