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The Variable Star Index is the largest amateur-led project to catalog and detail every variable star known in the Galaxy.  It was launched in 2005 by importing as many catalogs of variable stars as were available.  Since then, the number of sky surveys and new variable star discoveries has grown, as have the number of amateur and professional researchers finding new variable stars.  In eleven years, VSX has grown to a catalog of almost 400,000 variable records.

Like many people in the AAVSO, Dr. Kristine Larsen contributes to the organization in a number of important and valuable ways. She is an active solar observer and a generous donor. She has served as an instructor for our CHOICE online educational courses, and after serving on the AAVSO council from 1997-2001, she is again helping to lead the organization by serving as 1st Vice President of the council.

Images in A Century of Variable Star Observing: 1911-2010

December 2011: AAVSO staff and Headquarters volunteers