How to navigate our new AAVSO website:
6-minute video tour
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Welcome to the AAVSO!
New explorers are welcome.
YOU can be an astronomer.
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AAVSO 2021 Webinars and How-to Hours
Sign up for any to all of these!
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May's variable star and observing guide
Explore V HYDRAE of HYDRA with us! Monthly episodes include a video, finder chart, & observing tips for the beginner.

A collaboration of AAVSO, Ball State University, and the International Planetarium Society
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A huge heartfelt "thank you!" to all of our volunteers!
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Read personal stories from our members on how they became interested in astronomy and the AAVSO! Do YOU have a story? Send it to Gordon Myers at president@aavso.org!
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The mission of the AAVSO is to enable anyone, anywhere to participate in scientific discovery through variable star astronomy.

Resources

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(VSX) Variable Star Index
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Pick a Star

Plot a light curve
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The Journal of the AAVSO
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Data
Submit and Access Data
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Telescope
Tools and Observer Resources
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Observing Sections
Observing Sections
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Education
Education
CHOICE Courses, Manuals, Videos
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AAVSO at a Glance

Variable Star Observations in Database:

4 5 , 1 1 5 , 7 1 9 and Counting ...

Last Observation Received:

1 min 9 sec ago by MGW - Gordon Myers (US)

NR TRA   May 9.7549   18.369CV

Plot NR TRA light curve

Alert Notice 742: V1405 Cas = N Cas 2021 brightening
May 10
LPV of the Month, May 2021: T CVn
May 4
April Challenge
Apr 29
Alert Notice 741: Southern T Tau Stars campaign in support of HST and TESS observations
Apr 23
Solar Bulletin - Volume 77, Number 03
Apr 16
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