AAVSO Maxima and Minima for Long Period Variables: Data Access

These data are formally published for the years 1900 to 2008.  For a description of this data set, please click here.


Note: A separate page exists for the data including unpublished times of maxima.  Go here for the current data set including the most recent data (through February of the current year).

Stars with maxima and minima data are as follows:

AND R,RR,RU,RW,ST,SV,SZ,T,U,UZ,V,W,X,Y APS T
AQL R,RR,RS,RT,RU,RV,S,SY,W,X,Z AQR R,RR,RS,S,T,W,X,Y
ARA U ARI R,S,T,U
AUR R,RU,S,U,V,W,X,Z BOO R,S,U,V,Z
CAE R CAM R,S,T,V,X
CAP R,RR,RU,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z CAR R,RV,RW,RY,RZ,S,Z
CAS R,RR,RV,S,SS,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z CEN R,RS,RT,RV,RX,T,U,W,X
CEP RR,S,T,X,Y,Z CET OMI,R,S,U,V,W,X,Z
CHA R CMI R,S,T,U,V
CNC R,T,U,V,W COL R,S,T
COM R CRB S,V,W,X,Z
CRV R CVN R,T,V
CYG KHI,R,RS,RT,RU,RZ,S,ST,SX,TU,TW,TY,U,UX,V,WX,Z DEL R,S,T,V,X,Y,Z
DRA R,RS,SV,T,U,V,W,X,Y EQU R
ERI T,U,W FOR R
GEM R,S,T,V,X GRU R,S,T
HER R,RS,RT,RU,RV,RY,RZ,S,SS,SV,T,TV,U,W HOR R,T
HYA R,RR,RS,RT,RU,S,T,V,X IND R,S
LAC R,RS,S LEO R,S,V,W
LEP R,T LIB R,RR,RS,RT,RU,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y
LMI R,S,U LUP R,S,Y
LYN R,S,U LYR RS,RT,RU,RW,RX,RY,S,U,V,W,Z
MIC R,S,U MON RR,V,X,Y
NOR R,T OCT R,S,T,U
OPH R,RR,RT,RU,RY,S,SS,T,V,W,X,Z ORI R,S,U,V
PAV R,S,T,W PEG R,RR,RS,RT,RV,RW,RZ,S,T,V,W,X,Y,Z
PER R,RR,RZ,U,W,Y PHE R,T,V
PIC S,T PSA R,S
PSC R,S,U PUP U,W,Z
PYX S RET R
SCL S,T,U,V,X SCO R,RR,RS,RT,RU,RW,RZ,S,SV,W,X,Y,Z
SER R,S,T,U SEX S
SGR R,RR,RT,RU,RV,RW,RX,S,ST,SW,T,TY,Z TAU R,RU,RX,S,V,W,Z
TEL R TRI R
TUC R,S,T,U UMA R,RS,S,T,X
UMI R,S,T,U VEL W,Y,Z
VIR R,RR,RS,RU,RV,S,SS,SU,T,U,V,Y,Z VOL R,S
VUL R,RU

Notes:

  • Information on the AAVSO Max-min database is available here.
  • The entire database is available by request from the AAVSO. You are not permitted to serve these data on your own server to third parties. These data should be cited as Waagen et al.(2010); the descriptive paper will be published in the Journal of the AAVSO in the near future.