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Thank you, observers! Over 50 MILLION photometric variable star observations are in our open-source AAVSO International Database (AID)!
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January's featured variable episode: Pleione
Interactive 360 video | Versions for planetariums | Tips for the beginner
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Welcome to the AAVSO!
New explorers are welcome.
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Variable Star Observations in Database:

5 0 , 8 6 3 , 4 6 0 and Counting ...

Last Observation Received:

23 min 19 sec ago by BPO - Doug Barrett (FR)

ZZ GEM   Jan 24.8167   9.920V

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