Photoelectric Photometry Newsletter

                              A A V S 0                          Committee Report                 Photoelectric Photometry, Spring 2000                         Howard Landis, Chmn.                          2870 Hwy. 20 West,                      Hampton, GA 30228-2413 USA                        (lndvarstars@aol.com)        This is the report of PEP observations made by 19 PEP      observers by 1 March, 2000 in the fiscal year 1999-2000.                     Observations Per Observer        Beresky, Ted     OK    88     Lopata, E.       CA       3      Clark, W.        MO    55     Luedeke, K.      NM     34      Cox, L.          CAN   10     Manker, P.       GA     40      Crumerine, Bob   NY    15     Sorensen, H.     DEN    33      Dempsey, Frank   CAN   38     Stoikidis, N.    GR     103      Dalaporta, S.    IT    153    Thompson, R.     CAN    315      deVilliers, F.   SA    48     Williams, D.     IN     18      Fox, J.          MN    65     vanBemmel, H.    CAN    10      Pinkston, H.     VA      1    Wood, J.         CA     80      Jones, W.        SA    203        New observers reporting observations are Hugh Pinkston, VA,      and Henri vanBemmel, CAN.        An interesting fact from this report, observers in Canada and      overseas countries made 69% of the total reported      observations while observers in USA reported 31%.        We just passed the 26,000 mark in the archives. It takes most      observers 18 minutes per observation.  If one observer did it      all in one continuous session, they'd be at it for 325 days.      Oh my aching feet!  Thank you all observers for the teamwork!        Please note that my E-mail address has been changed to      lndvarstars@aol.com .  I have finally arrived in the 20th      Century internet.        Ken Luedeke, Fanie deVilliers, and Jim Wood are my assistants      in keying in data from observers who do not enter their own.      Thank you one and all.        Dr. John R. Percy, University of Toronto, published one      issue of The AAVSO Photoelectric Newsletter, Volume 19,      Number 2 October 1999.  In it he gave a report on important      activities at last year's Joint meeting with the Astronomical      Society of The Pacific and the Royal Astronomical Society of      Canada.  He also reported recent findings of activity in      about 10 AAVSO PEP program stars we have been observing for      many years.  Thank you very much, John.          Respectfully submitted,        Howard Landis                       15 April, 2000