Status of the PVOL Image database and future prospects

The Planetary Virtual Observatory & Laboratory database (PVOL, http://pvol2.ehu.eus/pvol2/) contains a large set of amateur observations of solar system planets and is a tool that has been widely used in pro-am collaborations. PVOL is integrated in the Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access (VESPA, http://vespa.obspm.fr/planetary/data/) set of services developed through Europlanet 2020 RI and Europlanet 2024 RI, further increasing its visibility in the professional astronomy landscape. The essential content of PVOL is images of the planets obtained by amateur astronomers. This content is continuously updated by registered users, and a web manager who uploads submissions from not registered users sent by email to pvol@ehu.eus.