Leslie Peltier: The World’s Greatest Amateur Astronomer

Volume 42 number 1 (2014)

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Mike Simonsen
AAVSO Headquarters, 49 Bay State Road, Cambridge, MA 02138

Abstract

This paper is a brief account of the life of amateur astronomer Leslie C. Peltier, with reflections on how his astronomical accomplishments influenced the author’s own involvement in variable star observing.