The International Year of Astronomy and Citizen Science (Abstract)

Volume 37 number 2 (2009)

Aaron Price

Abstract

(Abstract only) 2009 has been endorsed as the International Year of Astronomy by both the United Nations and the United States Congress. This talk will briefly outline the IYA cornerstone projects and then will go into more detail regarding the AAVSO’s role as leading a citizen science project regarding the variable star epsilon Aurigae.