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AAVSO [The American Association of Variable Star Observers] and Variable Star Observing

  • 1990-Jun

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Overview of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) and variable star observing, written by the director of AAVSO, Janet A. Mattei (1943-2004).

Janet Mattei was a Turkish-American Astronomer who studied variable stars and was the director of AAVSO from 1974 through 2004.

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  • Series II: Phoebe Waterman Haas Papers, 1882-2006
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  • Box 2, Folder 6

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Mattei, Janet A. (Janet Akyüz). “AAVSO [The American Association of Variable Star Observers] and Variable Star Observing,” June 1990. Phoebe Waterman Haas Papers, Box 2, Folder 6. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ti5jko8.

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