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Dear Colleague,
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| AAVSO Director Arne Henden with the AstroCam at USNO Flagstaff, AZ |
The AAVSO International Database is a precious resource for the science of
variable star astronomy, and we hope your research will benefit greatly from
the use of these data. The amateur and professional astronomers who have
contributed data to the AAVSO over the last century did so hoping to make a
positive contribution to variable star research, and it is our goal to
facilitate the use of these data by the astronomical community. AAVSO data
are and always will be provided free of charge upon request, as a
service to the scientific community.
Our only requirements for the use of AAVSO data are simple:
First, please acknowledge the use of any and all AAVSO data used in
publications with the
appropriate acknowledgements we have provided on our webpage.
If the data form the basis of your research, we ask that a representative of
the AAVSO be included as an author; in exchange we will assist you in the
analysis and interpretation of these data at a level appropriate for a
coauthor. And please use the AAVSO facilities keyword in any
journal publications.
Second, if you use our data in a publication, please let us know! We are
thrilled to see the work of our observer community in print, and our observers
are equally thrilled to see their work put to good use. The AAVSO has created
the AAVSO In
Print page for just this purpose. It shows the observers that
their work is paying off, it showcases your hard work in using and
analyzing AAVSO data, and it proves to the astronomical research
community that the AAVSO continues to be a relevant and valuable resource for
variable star astronomy. If your paper is accepted, in press, or published in
a magazine, journal, or conference proceedings, please email us at
aavso@aavso.org with the paper title,
the authors, the year of publication, and the journal and reference
information. If the paper appears on the
arXiv.org preprint server,
please include the URL for the abstract page.
We are very pleased to provide you with whatever data we have of interest to
you. If our data prove valuable to your research, please let us know!
Sincerely,
Dr. Arne A. Henden, Director
American Assocation of Variable Star Observers
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