AAVSO: Acknowledgement for Using Data

Acknowledgement for Using AAVSO Data

The AAVSO International Database is a collection of serious scientific data. The data available online, such as the quick look data and light curve generator are excellent preliminary data checking tools, however, they should NEVER be used for official research purposes. Most of the data has not been evaluated, i.e., passed the strict quality control of the AAVSO. Thus, it is unevaluated and may contain data that falls outside of the average magnitude for a given time and star.

If you need official AAVSO data for any reason please visit our data download page to send a data request for it. If the data is not already online, we will be glad to help you out by providing the highest quality data available.

The AAVSO International Database is the product of the ongoing extensive efforts and expertise of the volunteer observers who contribute the data and the AAVSO Headquarters technical staff who prepare and maintain the database with high quality-control standards.

If you use AAVSO observations in your research, we request acknowledgement on behalf of the observers and the AAVSO. Our policy on this acknowledgement is as follows:

POLICY ON THE USE OF AAVSO VARIABLE STAR DATA

(1) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR DATA CORRELATION/REFERENCE:

If AAVSO data are used for correlation with other types of data, such as multiwavelength observations, or as reference material, we request the following acknowledgement or one similar to it:

"We acknowledge with thanks the variable star observations from the AAVSO International Database contributed by observers worldwide and used in this research."

(2) COLLABORATION ON DATA ANALYSIS:

If unpublished AAVSO data are analyzed, and play a substantive role in the interpretation of results, we request that the AAVSO's Director or designee be a co-author of the publication. As a co-author the AAVSO representative will be responsible for the quality of the AAVSO data and will provide essential input to the appropriate application, analysis, and interpretation of the data.

(3) REFERENCING OF UNPUBLISHED DATA:

When unpublished AAVSO data are specifically referred to in the text, they should be referenced in the following manner (using appropriate format):

Henden, A.A., 2007, Observations from the AAVSO International Database, private communication.

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by the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO), 49 Bay State Rd., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (U.S.A). All rights reserved. No part of these data may be reproduced, transmitted, distributed, published, stored in an information retrieval system, posted to any online or ftp site, or otherwise communicated, in printed form or electronically, without the express written permission of the AAVSO.