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CHOICE course enrollment is open: "CCD Photometry, Part 1"

Topics covered include system testing and basic image calibrations from bias and dark frame subtraction to flat fielding.

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Annual Meeting & Workshop

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Join Exoplanet Exploration: Citizens Help NASA Observe Other Worlds with Exoplanet Watch!

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Welcome to the AAVSO!

New explorers are welcome.
YOU can be an astronomer.

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The mission of the AAVSO is to enable anyone, anywhere to participate in scientific discovery through variable star astronomy.

Resources

(VSX) Variable Star Index

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The Journal of the AAVSO

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Submit and Access Data

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Education

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AAVSO at a Glance

Variable Star Observations in Database:

4 6 , 0 1 5 , 1 4 9 and Counting ...

Last Observation Received:

7 min 32 sec ago by SLH - Lawrence Shotter (US)

ss cyg Aug 3.3319 9.4Vis.

Plot ss cyg light curve

Alert Notice 751: RU Lup and BP Tau to be observed by HST and XMM-Newton

Aug 3

Alert Notice 750: T CrB photometry and spectroscopy requested for HST and XMM-Newton observations

Aug 3

LPV of the Month (August 2021): miu Cep

Aug 3

Alert Notice 749: Nova in Vulpecula: N Vul 2021 = TCP J20210770+2914093

Jul 30

Photoelectric Targets and Data Reduction

Jul 26

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AAVSO at a Glance

Variable Star Observations in Database:

Last Observation Received:

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