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
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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 | |
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1919 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge Massachusetts key |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1929 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massashusetts, October 19, 1929 key | |||
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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 |
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1939 Spring Meeting at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 20, 1939 key | |||
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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 |
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1949 Spring Meeting at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 28, 1949 | 1949 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 15, 1949 | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1959 Annual Meeting in Nahant, Massachusetts |
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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 |
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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 |
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1963 Annual Meeting at Aldrich Observatory, Worcester, Massachusetts |
1966 Spring Meeting at Adler Planetarium, Chicago, Illinois key |
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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 |
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1978 Annual Meeting at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts key |
1979 Annual Meeting at Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts key |
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1980 Spring Meeting in Houston, Texas key |
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1980 Annual Meeting in Waltham, Massachusetts key |
1981 Spring Meeting at Steward Observatory, Tucson, Arizona key | 1981 Annual Meeting in Waltham, Massachusetts key | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1999 Spring Meeting at University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada key |
1999 Annual Meeting in Hyannis, Massachusetts key |
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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 |
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2001 Spring Meeting at Yerkes Observatory, Madison, Wisconsin |
2001 Annual Meeting, Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts |
2002 Spring Meeting in Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii |
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2002 Annual Meeting, Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts |
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2005 Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts | 2006 Spring Meeting, Rockford, Illinois | ||
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 | |
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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 | ||
2014 Spring Meeting, Ontario, California | |||
2016 Annual Meeting, Burlington, Massachusetts key attendees |
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2018 BAA-AAVSO Joint Meeting on Variable Stars, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (AAVSO Spring Meeting) key |
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2019 Spring Meeting, |
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2020s | return to top of page | ||
2020 No in person meeting |
2021 Annual Meeting, Somerville, Massachusetts |
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2023 Annual Meeting, |
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