1. Presented by Sara Beck with help from Doug Welch & David Benn 99th AAVSO Annual Meeting October 29, 2010

2. – An easy-to-use variable star data visualization and analysis tool that was developed as part of the Citizen Sky project. – Open-source project hosted on SourceForge under GPL license. – Amazing volunteer effort by David Benn (Lead Developer) with help from fellow VStar Team members.

3. – Requires Java 1.6 – Download from AAVSO, Citizen Sky, or SourceForge websites

4. – Load data from AID/file – Observations Plot/List – Means Plot/List – Zoom with mouse or buttons – Change visible series – Observations Detail

15. – Save Plot or Table – Print Plot or Table – Plot Information – Filter – Preferences – Help

20. – Phase Plot – Polynomial Fit – Period Search

29. – Observation Tool – General Tool – Custom Filter – Period Analysis – Observation Source

30. – 5-Star Analysis – VStar Plugin Documentation – http://sourceforge.net/projects/vstar/ – www.citizensky.org/teams/vstar- software-development

31. – David Benn (Lead Programmer) – Nico Camargo (Icon Artist)