Group Photographs from AAVSO Meetings

The AAVSO is a dynamic organization that has continuously evolved since its founding in 1911. Below, witness how the AAVSO photographs of attendees at the AAVSO Spring and Annual meetings have changed over the last ten decades!

Index to group photos of AAVSO meetings

Note: photo collection does not cover all meetings held

1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

Click on any image to enlarge.

1910s	return to top of page
1916 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1917 Spring Meeting at the home of David B. Pickering, May 5, 1917, Orange, New Jersey key	1917 Formal Organizational Meeting, November 10, 1917, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key
1918 Annual Meeting on Nov.23 at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1919 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge Massachusetts key
1920s	return to top of page
1920 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge Massachusetts key	1921 Spring Meeting at Vassar College Observatory, Poughkeepsie, New York key	1921 Annual Meeting on Nov. 5 at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key
1922 Spring Meeting at the home of William Tyler Olcott, Norwich, Connecticut key	1922 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1923 Spring Meeting at the home of Charles W. Elmer, Southold, Long Island, New York, May 26, 1923 key
1923 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1924 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1925 Spring Meeting at the home of J. E. G. Yalden, Leonia, New Jersey, May 23, 1925 key
1925 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 17, 1925 key	1926 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massashusetts, October 23, 1926 key	1927 Spring Meeting at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, May 21, 1927 key
1927 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 22, 1927 key	1928 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 20, 1928 key	1929 Spring Meeting hosted by Science Service, Washington, D.C., May 17, 1929 key
1929 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massashusetts, October 19, 1929 key
1930s	return to top of page
1930 Spring Meeting at Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, Massachusetts, June 14, 1930 key	1930 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 18, 1930 key	1931 Annual Meeting at harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 17, 1931 key
1932 Spring Meeting at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, May 7, 1932 key	1932 Annual Meeting at HCO and at Harvard's Oak Ridge Obs., Harvard, Massashusetts, October 15, 1932 key	1934 Spring Meeting at Fels Planetarium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1934
1934 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 20, 1934 key	1935 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 18-19, 1935 key	1936 Spring Meeting at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, May 23, 1936 key
1937 Spring Meeting at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, May 22, 1937 key	1938 Spring Meeting at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 28, 1938 key	1938 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 15, 1938 key
1939 Spring Meeting at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 20, 1939 key
1940s	return to top of page
1946 Spring Meeting at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, May 4, 1946 key	1947 Spring Meeting at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, May 17, 1947 key	1948 Spring Meeting at Williston Observatory, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, May 22, 1948 key
1949 Spring Meeting at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 28, 1949	1949 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 15, 1949
1950s	return to top of page
1950 Spring Meeting at Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania key	1950 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge Massachusetts key	1951 Spring Meeting at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. key
1951 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1952 Spring Meeting at Clarkson College (now University), Potsdam, New York key	1952 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key
1953 Spring Meeting at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan key	1953 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1954 Spring Meeting at Columbia University, New York, New York key
1954 Annual Meeting at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island key	1955 Spring Meeting at Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	1955 Annual Meeting at Museum of Natural History, Springfield, Massachusetts
1956 Spring Meeting at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York key	1956 Annual Meeting at Museum of Natural History, Springfield, Massachusetts key	1957 Spring Meeting at Montreal Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada at Sir George Williams College, Montreal, Quebec, Canada key
1957 Annual Meeting, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts. Dorrit Hoffleit holds newspaper announcing the USSR Sputnik satellite launching. key	1958 Spring Meeting at Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, Massachusetts	1959 Spring Meeting at Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Ilinois
1959 Annual Meeting in Nahant, Massachusetts
1960s	return to top of page
1960 Spring Meeting at Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York	1960 Annual Meeting at Museum of Natural History, Springfield, Massachusetts	1961 Spring meeting at Ottawa Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada at the Canadian National Research Council Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada key
1961 50th anniversary meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1962 Spring Meeting at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.	1963 Spring Meeting in Long Beach, California key
1963 Annual Meeting at Aldrich Observatory, Worcester, Massachusetts	1966 Spring Meeting at Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois key
1970s	return to top of page
1972 Spring Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin key		1974 Annual Meeting, at Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts key
1976 Spring Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri key	1977 Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C. key	1978 Spring Meeting, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan key
1978 Annual Meeting at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1979 Spring Meeting in Orlando, Florida	1979 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key
1980s	return to top of page
		1980 Spring Meeting in Houston, Texas key
1980 Annual Meeting in Waltham, Massachusetts key	1981 Spring Meeting at Steward Observatory, Tucson, Arizona key	1981 Annual Meeting in Waltham, Massachusetts key
1982 Annual Meeting at Center for Space Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1983 Spring Meeting at Quebec Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and l'Association des Groupes d'Astronomes Amateurs, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada	1983 Annual Meeting at Maria Mitchell Observatory, Nantucket, Massachusetts key
1984 Spring Meeting at Iowa State University and Ames Area Amateur Astronomers, Ames, Iowa key	1984 Annual Meeting in Salem, Massachusetts key	1985 Spring Meeting at University of Washington, Seattle, Washington key
1985 Annual Meeting at Williston Observatory, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts key	1986 75th Anniversary Meeting and Dedication of New AAVSO Headquarters, held at Harvard Law School and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1987 Spring Meeting in San Francisco, California key
1988 Spring Meeting at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York key	1988 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts	1989 Spring Meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia key
1990s	return to top of page
	1990 First AAVSO European Meeting at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium key	1991 Spring Meeting, Charlestown, Rhode Island key
1991 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1992 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1993 Annual Meeting, AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key
1994 Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas key	1994 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1995 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key
1996 Spring Meeting held in Atlanta, Georgia key	1996 Annual Meeting at AAVSO Headquarters and Harvard College Observatory,Cambridge, Massachusetts key	1997 Second AAVSO European Meeting (Spring) in Sion and St. Luc, Switzerland
1997 Annual Meeting, Chicopee and Williston Observatory, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts key	1998 Spring Meeting at University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado key	1998 Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts key
1999 Spring Meeting at University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada key	1999 Annual Meeting in Hyannis, Massachusetts key
2000s	return to top of page
	2000 Spring Meeting and First High-Energy Astrophysics Workshop for Amateur Astronomers at NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama key	2000 Annual Meeting in Waltham, Massachusetts
2001 Spring Meeting at Yerkes Observatory, Madison, Wisconsin	2001 Annual Meeting, Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts	2002 Spring Meeting in Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii
2002 Annual Meeting, Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts	2003 Spring Meeting at University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona	2005 Spring Meeting, Las Cruces, New Mexico
2005 Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts	2006 Spring Meeting, Rockford, Illinois	2006 Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts
2007 Spring Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada	2007 Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts key	2008 Spring Meeting, Cambridge, England
2008 Annual Meeting, Nantucket, Massachusetts key	2009 Spring Meeting, Big Bear Lake, California	2009 Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts key
2010s	return to top of page
2010 Annual Meeting, Woburn, Massachusetts key attendees	2011 Spring Meeting, Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts key attendees	2011 Annual Meeting, Cambridge and Woburn, Massachusetts key attendees
2012 Annual Meeting, Woburn, Massachusetts key attendees	2013 Spring Meeting, Boone, North Carolina key attendees	2013 Annual Meeting, Woburn, Massachusetts key attendees
2014 Spring Meeting, Ontario, California	2014 Annual Meeting, Woburn, Massachusetts key attendees	2015 Spring Meeting, Muncie, Indiana key attendees
2015 Annual Meeting, Woburn, Massachusetts key attendees	2016 Spring Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri key attendees	2016 Annual Meeting, Burlington, Massachusetts key attendees
2017 Spring Meeting, Ontario, California key attendees	2017 Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee key attendees	2018 BAA-AAVSO Joint Meeting on Variable Stars, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (AAVSO Spring Meeting) key
2018 Annual Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona key attendees	2019 Spring Meeting, Toronto, Canada	2019 Annual Meeting, Las Cruces, New Mexico key attendees
2020s	return to top of page
2020 No in person meeting due to pandemic. (online only)	2021 Annual Meeting, Somerville, Massachusetts	2022 Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona key attendees
2023 Annual Meeting, Somerville, Massachusetts key attendees

Group Photographs from AAVSO Meetings

Announcement: New Forums