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Archive Of AAVSO News 2006
As we update the main home page older entries in the News and Announcements section will
be placed here as an ongoing archive.
January
February
March
- AAVSO Observing Campaign: Beta Gem 3/6/06
- Video From Fall 2005 Visual Observing Workshops< is now available. Advanced and beginner workshops included 3/8/06
- Web Software Beta Testers Needed to report Bugs 3/9/06
- Solar Bulletin, February 2006 includes SID and Sunspot numbers 3/14/06
- March Eyepiece Views Novae, astrophysics, dates and more 3/16/06
- Short Letter from AAVSO Director, Arne Henden to colleagues making use of AAVSO data 3/21/06
- 84 New Charts for 29 stars 3/22/06
- Call for 2006 Meeting Volunteer to help during the AAVSO Spring Meeting in Rockford, IL 3/22/06
- AAVSO Reports on January 2006 AAS Meeting - The 207th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS) was the largest in its history with over 3,500 attendees. At this "astronomical" sized conference, the halls were a buzz with talk of all things celestial and of
course the
AAVSO was on hand to take part in the action. Aaron Price, Matthew Templeton, and Travis Searle all attended to represent the AAVSO. Together they presented your observations and activities to the professional
community while also bringing new ideas back to the organization. Read on to find out what they had to say about the meeting... 3/24/06
- New JAAVSO Preprint"The AAVSO Data Validation Project" by K. Malatesta, S. Beck, G. Menali, and E. Waagen 3/27/06
- Video From Fall 2005 Scientific Paper Sessions is now available. Fri. and Sat. sessions included. 3/29/06
- AAVSO Special Notice #9 V1343 Aql (SS433) Suzaku Observing Campaign Support 03/30/06
April
- VSOTS: Omicron Ceti - The Variable Star of the Season for Winter 2006 is Omicron Ceti, more commonly known as "Mira". This article revisits why observers can't stop watching this "wonderful" star. 4/4/06
- Variable Star of the Season: AH Leo 4/4/06
- AAVSO Special Notice #10 Possible Nova in Cyg 04/04/06
- Alert Notice 337 Nova in Cygni; Special Notice #10, and a spectrum 4/6/06
- Alert Notice 337 Nova Cygni 2006 4/6/06
- Special Notice #11 Possible New Object in Ophiuchi 04/07/06
- Alert Notice 338 Nova in Ophiuchi; Special Notice #11 4/10/06
- J and H Band Photometry of Variable Stars - ppt presentation by Dr. Doug West and Dr. Matthew Templeton 04/10/06
- Five New JAAVSO Preprintsnow available online 4/12/06
- Validation File Updated please update your data entry software 4/13/06
- March Solar Bulletin includes SID and sunspot data 4/14/06
- Optional Tour of Yerkes Observatory after the Spring Meeting 4/19/06
- Gamma Ray Burst 060418 4/19/06
- HD Exoplanet Transit Project 4/21/06
- Data Validation Project - The AAVSO International Database is a living monument to the hard work and devotion of thousands of variable star observers worldwide since 1911. While both the AAVSO and its observers take careful measures to make the database as error free as possible, never had there been a full-scale systematic survey of any potential oversights, that is until the commencement of the Data Validation Project in 2002. Read on to find out about the project, past, present, and future, and how you, the observer, can help!
May
June
- Validation File Updated Please update your data entry software 6/1/06
- JAAVSO Preprint "DI Carinae—A Visual Phase Plot" by Peter F. Williams 6/12/06
- Total Ecliplse 2006 - On the clear Mediterranean day of March 29, 2006, the center of the solar eclipse path passed directly through Side,
Turkey and the AAVSO was there to see it! AAVSO staff members Gamze Menali and Sara Beck travelled with AAVSO observers
Haldun Menali and Gerry Samolyk to witness this awesome event. Read their tale of travel to Turkey to see friends,
history, and the most breathtaking total solar eclipse ever. Photo credit: Gerry Samolyk 6/23/06
- VSOTS: AH Leo -
Dr. Pamela Gay, Harvard University, describes the unusual RR Lyrae star, AH Leo, as the Spring Variable Star of the Season. She describes the Blazhko Effect, stellar modulation, and an AH Leo observing campaign that you won't want to miss!
- Flying Star Program -
Help fund future travel of AAVSO staff to meetings where important research is presented, networking connections are made, and new AAVSO observers are recruited!
- JAAVSO Preprint "VZ Velorum: 116 years of a Mira star" by Lászlo L. Kiss 6/13/06
- "Iron Star" AS 325: An Unusual Emission Line Eclipsing Binary By Steve Howell et al. 6/13/06
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Co-orbiting asteroids named after John and Maire Percy 6/19/06
- Special Notice #13 Supernova 2006dd in NGC 1316 (Fornax) 06/20/06
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May Solar Bulletin Introduces the new solar chair, includes SID and sunspot data 6/21/06
- Special Notice #14 BZ UMa Outburst 06/22/06
July
August
- AAVSO Education and Outreach Valuable resources for anyone who wants to learn more about variable stars. Visit these new web pages today! 8/3/06
- JAAVSO Preprint - "V818 Scorpii: Insights from the AAVSO
and RASNZ Databases" by Alan Plummer 8/8/06
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GCN #5430 Optical upper limits for GRB060807 by D.T. Durig and S. Sposetti 8/9/06
- Dorrit's 100th Year! - Our dear friend and respected colleague, Dr. Dorrit Hoffleit, celebrated her 100th year! The AAVSO was privileged to be a part of it. The celebration was held as a two-day symposium this past April at Yale University. Talks given by Dorrit's friends, students, and astronomers covered the diverse areas of research and education in which Dorrit was involved. Read on to see pictures, a video, and more... 8/22/06
- July Solar Bulletin Includes SID, sunspot data, and more 8/22/06
- By Dorrit Hoffleit -
AAVSO publications by Dorrit Hoffleit are now on sale at a GREATLY reduced price. Included in the sale are Dr. Hoffleit's autobiography, a History of Women Astronomers, Comets over Nantucket, and much more... 8/24/06
- On the Search For Transits of the Planets Orbiting Gl 876 includes results of an AAVSO-Transitsearch.org exoplanet campaign of IL
Aqr (aka Gl 876) in 2004 8/24/06
- AAVSO Special Notice #17 Supernova 2006ej in NGC 191A (Cetus) 08/24/06
- 95th Annual Meeting of the AAVSO register online today 8/24/06
- Bringing VY Canis Majoris Down to Size: An Improved Determination of Its Effective Temperature Massey, P.; Levesque, E. M.; Plez, B. 08/28/06
- Alert Notice 340 Correction 9/1/06
- Alert Notice 340 Multiwavelength campaign to monitor RS Oph 8/31/06
September
October
November
December
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