The hard work of thousands of variable star observers have made this database possible. Please do not take these observations and publish them in another location, form, environment, etc. without first asking for permission from AAVSO HQ. Below are our terms of condition for using this data.
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POLICY ON THE USE OF AAVSO VARIABLE STAR DATA
The AAVSO International Database is the product of the ongoing extensive
efforts and expertise of the volunteer observers who contribute the data
and the AAVSO Headquarters technical staff who prepare and maintain the
database with high quality-control standards.
If you use AAVSO observations in your research, we request acknowledgement
on behalf of the observers and the AAVSO. Our policy on this acknowledgement
is as follows:
(1) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR DATA CORRELATION/REFERENCE: If AAVSO data
are used for correlation with other types of data, such as
multiwavelength observations, or as reference material, we request
the following acknowledgement or one similar to it:
"We acknowledge with thanks the variable star observations
from the AAVSO International Database contributed by
observers worldwide and used in this research."
(2) COLLABORATION ON DATA ANALYSIS: If unpublished AAVSO data are
analyzed, and play a substantive role in the interpretation of
results, we request that the AAVSO's Director or designee be
a co-author of the publication. As a co-author the AAVSO
representative will be responsible for the quality of the AAVSO
data and will provide essential input to the appropriate
application, analysis, and interpretation of the data.
(3) REFERENCING OF UNPUBLISHED DATA: When unpublished AAVSO data are
specifically referred to in the text, they should be referenced in
the following manner (using appropriate format):
- Mattei, J. A., 2003, Observations from the AAVSO International
Database, private communication.
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** Star Observers (AAVSO), 25 Birch St., **
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** All rights reserved. No part of these data **
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** otherwise communicated, in printed form or **
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