At the 110th annual meeting of the AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers), we received an award for over 1000 measurements submitted to the AAVSO database. This organization has been collecting photometric data on variable stars for over 100 years and provides an excellent venue for meeting the needs of astronomers with the opportunities offered by small astronomical observatories.
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