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Our prayers are with Janet and Michael, I lost my father last month who got me started in astronomy. This year has started out rough for me with the lost of my father and Janet. I am happy to know that when I look up at the night sky I know that my father and Janet are looking down at me and encouraging me to keep observing variable stars. —Paul Kneipp
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It was with deep sorrow that I learned of the death of Dr. Janet Mattei. It is great loss for amateur and professional astronomy. Please accept my sincere condolences. —Jerzy Speil (Poland)
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After not reading it for many, many weeks, this morning I decided to catch up on the latest on the AAVSO discussion list. Instead, I suddenly found myself thrown into another, sad, Universe, as I read about Janet's death. Devastating and surreal...
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I received the news with great pain. I had the privilege of meet she in Montevideo, 1992 in one Convention of LIADA. (Liga Iberoamericana de Astronomia) I would also like to express my condolences to Dr. Mattei's family and friends. —Esmeralda Mallada (Uruguay)
—Notes by Msgr. Ron Royer, with additional information compiled from the AAVSO Archives
The Ford Observatory and the AAVSO
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Amateur involvement in variable star astronomy from 1909 to 1918
The future of variable star astronomy in the U.S. |
Amateur observers of variable stars in the United States from 1875 to 1910.
The full text of this article appears in the Journal of the AAVSO, Vol. 27, No. 2, 1999.
