Observer Awards—1992-1993

AAVSO 83rd Spring Meeting, Houston, Texas, May 21, 1994

Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 1993 (unless otherwise indicated)

Award/recipient            Affiliation* Country          Interval  Total

Over 100,000 Visual Observations
  M. Daniel Overbeek                10  South Africa     1952–1993  188,103
  Edward G. Oravec                      USA              1943–1993  148,100
  Wayne M. Lowder                       USA              1949–1992  134,319
  Marvin E. Baldwin                     USA              1961–1993  126,238
  Thomas A. Cragg                       Australia        1945–1993  125,981
  F. Lancaster Hiett                    USA              1936–1993  111,207
  John E. Bortle                        USA              1963–1993  106,477
                                                         
Over 50,000 Visual Observations                                 
  Gerald P. Dyck                        USA              1978–1993   85,334
  Warren C. Morrison                    Canada           1975–1993   74,494
  Edward A. Halbach                     USA              1934–1993   73,263
  Ernst H. Mayer                        USA              1969–1992   70,545
  Robert M. Adams                       USA              1949–1988   65,865
  William B. Albrecht                   USA              1936–1993   62,500
  Paul Vedrenne                     01  France           1978–1993   61,244
  Michel Verdenet                   01  France           1978–1993   61,028
  Steven B. Sharpe                      USA              1973–1993   60,419
  Gerard Samolyk                        USA              1975–1993   50,320
                                                         
Over 25,000 Visual Observations                                 
  Bjoern H. Granslo                 08  Norway           1975–1993   39,813
  Hendrik Feijth                    04  Netherlands      1981–1993   38,691
  Roger S. Kolman                       USA              1962–1993   37,715
  Jose Ripero Osorio                06  Spain            1978–1993   37,171
  Emile Schweitzer                  01  France           1981–1993   36,960
  Harald Marx                       02  Germany          1969–1993   35,793
  Charles E. Scovil                     USA              1966–1993   35,339
  Robert L. Monske                      USA              1965–1990   35,059
  Attila Mizser                     03  Hungary          1976–1993   34,612
  Kenneth J. Medway                     England          1973–1993   33,306
  Christopher E. Spratt                 Canada           1961–1993   33,140
  Ronald Ham                            USA              1971–1993   32,372
  Allen C. Montague                     USA              1951–1993   31,351
  Daniel P. Loring                      USA              1965–1968   31,192
  Mark A. Heifner                       USA              1978–1993   31,162
  Michael Moeller                   02  Germany          1985–1993   29,963
  Michael Idem                          USA              1984–1992   29,661
  Ofer Gabzo                        21  Israel           1989–1993   28,747
  Paul N. Goodwin                       USA              1975–1993   28,745
  Robert J. Annal                       USA              1972–1982   28,555
  David O. York                         USA              1966–1993   28,227
  Ulrich Hopp                           Germany          1973–1979   26,466
  Ursula E. J. Surawski                 Germany          1974–1978   25,418
  Philip C. Steffey                     USA              1974–1993   25,337
  Georg Comello                     04  Netherlands      1966–1993   25,268
                                                         
Over 10,000 Visual Observations                                 
  Jean Gunther                      01  France           1981–1993   24,734
  Alain Perez-Revilla                   France           1981–1993   24,660
  Sergio Dominguez                      Argentina        1986–1993   24,373
  Lawrence Hazel                        USA              1963–1993   24,370
  Gunther Krisch                    02  Germany          1969–1993   23,734
  Attila Kosa-Kiss                  01  Romania          1976–1993   23,329
  Sandor Papp                       03  Hungary          1985–1993   23,200
  Rainer Lukas                          Germany          1968–1988   22,935
  Carl J. Renner                        USA              1944–1966   22,776
  Glenn F. Chaple, Jr.                  USA              1980–1993   22,693
  Martti R. Perala                      Finland          1985–1993   22,042
  Paul L. Sventek                       USA              1969–1993   21,887
  George Stephanopoulos                 Greece           1970–1991   21,029
  Thomas W. Wilson                      USA              1970–1993   20,500
  Bruce I. Wingate                      USA              1972–1989   20,060
  David H Levy                          USA              1966–1990   19,762
  John W. Griese, III                   USA              1973–1993   19,744
  Heinz Grzelczyk                       Germany          1978–1986   18,974
  Demetrius P. Elias                    Greece           1946–1973   18,453
  Kurt Locher                           Switzerland      1963–1976   17,328
  Michael B. Smith                      USA              1974–1982   17,197
  Yasuo Hirasawa                        Japan            1970–1993   16,706
  Dietmar Boehme                    02  Germany          1972–1993   16,386
  Gerhard Pfeiffer                      Germany          1971–1981   15,930
  Stephen C. Cook                       USA              1965–1993   15,410
  Masami Koshiro                        Japan            1979–1991   15,408
  Jerome F. McKenna                     USA              1981–1993   15,046
  Morgan Cilley                         USA              1923–1950   14,906
  Frederick R. West                     USA              1977–1993   14,691
  Johann Bauer                          Germany          1970–1984   14,638
  Bernard Bois                          Canada           1976–1980   14,614
  Laurent Bichon                    01  France           1985–1993   14,592
  Oswald J. Knox                        England          1966–1973   14,033
  James Thomas                          USA              1965–1973   13,883
  Alfons Diepvens                   05  Belgium          1985–1993   13,555
  Timothy Cooper                    10  South Africa     1976–1993   13,483
  Karl Simmons                          USA              1966–1985   13,460
  Andras Sajtz                          Romania          1986–1993   13,352
  Patrick Wils                      05  Belgium          1976–1993   13,292
  Richard E. Wend                       USA              1956–1993   13,212
  Daniel M. Troiani                     USA              1980–1993   13,025
  Jerzy Speil                           Poland           1976–1993   13,014
  Robert Fidrich                    03  Hungary          1984–1993   12,771
  Michael Poxon                         England          1976–1993   12,699
  Diane Lucas                           USA              1960–1976   12,146
  George W. Kelley, Jr.                 USA              1970–1984   12,128
  Marvin L. Bernstrom                   USA              1984–1987   11,446
  Eran Ofek                             Israel           1987–1993   11,409
  Gauke Kuipers                     04  Netherlands      1981–1993   11,329
  James Molnar                          USA              1966–1993   11,136
  Georg Mavrofridis                     Greece           1976–1993   11,003
  David B. Williams                     USA              1962–1993   10,818
  Christopher Stephan                   USA              1973–1993   10,814
  Raymond R. Thompson                   Canada           1962–1993   10,715
  Richard E. Hill                       USA              1976–1993   10,606
  Richard J. Weber                      USA              1974–1993   10,474
  David Weier                           USA              1975–1993   10,416
  Werner Hasubick                       Germany          1981–1989   10,402
  Reginald Shinkfield                   Australia        1930–1984   10,190
                                                         
These symbols indicate observers are also affiliated with the groups below:

01 Association Française des Observateurs d’Étoiles Variables (AFOEV)
02 Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V. (BAV) (Germany)
03 Magyar Csillagàszati Egyesület, Valtózocsillag Szakcsoport (Hungary)
04 Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging Voor Weer–en Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Netherlands)
05 Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium)
06 Madrid Astronomical Association M1 (Spain)
08 Norwegian Astronomical Society, Variable Star Section
10 Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Variable Star Section
21 Israeli Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section