Gamma-Ray Burst Award

This award is given to an amateur astronomer for the discovery of a gamma-ray burst optical afterglow.

Announced at the 97th Spring Meeting of the AAVSO Cambridge, England April 2008

Arto Oksanen

for the discovery of the Gamma-Ray Burst optical afterglow of

GRB 071010B

October 10.8768, 2007 UT
    

Announced at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the AAVSO Waltham, Mass. on October 30, 2004

Libert (Berto) A. G. Monard

for the discovery of the Gamma-Ray Burst optical afterglow of

GRB 030725

July 25.79, 2003 UT

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