centennial

Hello AAVSOers!

If you have not already completed the survey, please help us to plan for the Centennial Annual Meeting by answering these 10 questions.

This is a friendly abstract deadline reminder for the joint AAVSO/AAS meeting being held in Boston this May:

On Feburary 19, 2011 the number of observations in the AAVSO International Database surpassed the 20 million mark. It is fitting that this milestone was achieved during our 100th anniversary. Below is some information about the achievement.

A milestone anniversary and a joint meeting with the AAS!

May 21-26, 2011
Boston, MA

An archive for this meeting is available on the AAS web site.

We've created leaderboards for the Centennial Trivia Challenge! Check them out to see how people are doing. Don't forget to answer today's question, either!

We are planning an all out blitz on star parties and astronomy functions for our centennial year. We are sending speakers from the staff to give talks at Stellafane, ALCon 2011, Texas Star Party, Nebraska Star Party, Table Mountain Star Party and NEAIC, the Northeast Astro Imaging Conference. We are also in discussions to send representatives to the Black Forest and Connecticut star parties.

October 31 Update: Here is a list of those who have already surpassed the 2011-in-2011 challenge goal.

October 24 Update: The first certificates will be mailed out in early November. However, keep on observing as we'll continue to mail the certificates until the end of the challenge on December 31.

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