About This Event

The American Association of Variable Stars Observers (AAVSO) is turning 110 this year! The AAVSO is celebrating this milestone at the 110th AAVSO Annual Meeting, Wednesday, November 3 through Sunday, November 7, 2021, at The Row Hotel in Assembly Row, Somerville, MA. The Annual Meeting includes a reception with an opening speaker Friday night, and two full days of keynote speakers, presentations, poster research and observing section discussions, and ends with a banquet Sunday night. Also experience additional in-person perks celebrating our 110th year! \ \ There will also be a 2-day Spectroscopy Workshop for beginner through advanced participants on November 3-4. \ \ Don\'t miss our stellar line up of keynote speakers on the 6th and 7th: Sara Seager - Planetary Science, Physics, and Aerospace Engineering MIT-\"TESS Exoplanets and Beyond\" Andrea Dupree -Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA)-\"The Mysterious Great Dimming of Betelgeuse\" David Latham -Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA)-\"Spectroscopy of Eclipsing Binaries and Brown Dwarfs Identified by TESS\" Joe Patterson - Columbia University- “A Network\'s Observations of Cataclysmic Variables” \ \ Since 1911, the AAVSO has advanced astronomy by providing citizen scientists the opportunity to contribute to research on a global scale. The AAVSO significantly contributes to astronomy research and serves as a resource for their community of observers.\