CCD Image Calibration - AAVSO

Appendix: About Carolyn J. Hurless1934-1987Carolyn J. Hurless was the most active and prolific woman observer in the history of theAAVSO, with 78,876 observations in the International Database. But that only scratchesthe surface of this remarkable woman’s life and career as an AAVSO observer, councilor,officer, mentor and ambassador.Born in Lima, Ohio, November 24, 1934, Carolyn became interested in astronomy at theage of 13 through her love of science fiction. As a young woman, she was invited to jointhe Lima Astronomy Club, when President Herbert Speer found her name on theborrowers cards of people who had checked out astronomy books from the public library.Shortly after that, she decided to make her own 8-inch reflector with the guidance offellow astronomy club members. When the initial grinding was done, Carolyn found thatin her excitement she had hogged out a short focus mirror of f/4, instead of the typical f/8or f/9 scope most were making at the time. In the end it turned out to be a fine instrument.In fact the short tube length gave her a telescope easily transported and set up forobserving. Most of her observations were made with this telescope and she never felt theneed to upgrade to something else.11