E. C. Pickering in the History of Variable Star Observing

Volume 1 number 1 (1972)

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Dorrit Hoffleit
Maria Mitchell Observatory,

Abstract

E. C. Pickering (1846-1919) in 1911 was the prime founder of the AAVSO. It is fitting that we pay him tribute in this first issue of the Journal of the Association.