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From Archives to Analysis: Computers Redefine the AAVSO Mission

Volume 21 number 2 (1992)

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Grant Foster
American Assocation of Variable Star Observers, 25 Birch Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Abstract

Recent advances in computer technology and program development promise great progress for the AAVSO in the near future. Not only have we improved our methods of archiving and evaluating variable star observations, but we will also soon be ready to enter the field of substantial in-house data analysis.