AAVSO Members and Observers in the Press

This page provides links to pdf files of articles published in the media that are written by or about AAVSO Members and Observers. If you know of an article that is not listed here, but should be, please let us know. Email your request to webmaster@aavso.org Thank you!

Contributing to Science With Your CCD Equipment ( 527 KB pdf ) - Article by Tim Crawford (CTX), Arch Cape, Oregon. Published in Summer 2009, Issue #62, Amateur Astronomy Magazine.

A Fast Lightweight Sphere- Mounted 20" Newtonian ( 9.6 MB pdf ) - Article and photos by Mike Linnolt (LMK), Hoolehua, Hawaii. Published in Summer 2008, Issue #58, Amateur Astronomy Magazine.

Mike Linnolt (LMK)

Past Press Releases:

• Radio jets detected in SS Cygni published in Science, June 6, 2008
• Amateurs give the green light to Hubble Space Telescope observations November 19, 2007

• Arto Oksanen (OAR) Muurame, Finland
  AAVSO observer discovers a GRB afterglow, October 12, 2007

• HST Press release: "Astronomers Use Innovative Technique to Find Extrasolar Planet " June 22, 2006
• Pro-Am Collaboration and the AAVSO by AAVSO Director, Arne Henden, ASP Conference Series, 2006. (1.4 MB pdf)

• Berto Monard (MLF) Tiegerpoort, South Africa
  GRB030725: An Amateur Discovery in a Professional Field, 2003