Observer Awards—2010
AAVSO 99th Spring Meeting, Mendoza, Argentina, April 15–28, 2010; awards presented or announced at the 99th Annual Meeting, Woburn, Massachusetts, October 30, 2010 Award/recipient Affiliation* Country/State Interval Total Over 300,000 Visual Observations* none Over 250,000 Visual Observations* none Over 200,000 Visual Observations* none Over 150,000 Visual Observations* Rod Stubbings 14 Australia 1997–2009 173,519 Warren Morrison Canada 1975–2009 151,028 Over 100,000 Visual Observations* Georg Comello 04 Netherlands 1966–2009 149,612 Steven Sharpe USA 1973–2009 101,856 Over 50,000 Visual Observations* Stanislaw Swierczynski Poland 1991–2009 50,578 Hiroshi Matsuyama Australia 1978–2009 50,010 Over 25,000 Visual Observations* Marino Fonovich Croatia 1991–2009 40,365 David Levy USA 1966–2009 37,935 Michael Poxon England 1976–2009 25,185 Over 10,000 Visual Observations* Tibor Asztalos 03 Hungary 2003–2009 12,528 Brian Cudnik USA 1993–2009 12,477 Gauke Kuipers 04 Netherlands 1981–2009 11,561 Serge Kuchto 01 France 1985–2009 10,331 Patrick McDonald 27 Canada 1981–2009 10,250 Over 1,000 Visual Observations* Douglas Barrett France 2007–2009 2,453 Jose Maria Lobo–Rodriguez 06 Spain 1990–2009 1,713 Luigi Palazzi Italy 2007–2009 1,651 Alexandru Burda Romania 2003–2009 1,295 Louis Pinatelle France 2004–2009 1,249 Jon Moehlmann USA 2006–2009 1,249 Janos Bakos 03 Hungary 2007–2009 1,218 Hans–Georg Purucker Germany 2006–2009 1,195 Peter Vizi 03 Hungary 2005–2009 1,184 Zoltan Jankovics 03 Hungary 2006–2009 1,090 Christopher Hesseltine USA 1975–2009 1,048 Michel Jacquesson France 2002–2009 1,028 Terrill Bartlett USA 2001–2009 1,018 Over 100 Visual Observations* Salvador Aguirre Mexico 2006–2009 925 Carlos Arlindo Adib 13 Brazil 2008–2009 854 Larry Wade USA 1999–2009 748 Eric Blown New Zealand 2007–2009 455 Gyorgy Soponyai 03 Hungary 2007–2009 367 John Appleyard 27 Canada 2005–2009 235 Erik Hoeg 11 Denmark 1992–2009 170 Yitping Kok 29 Australia 2008–2009 136 Vladut Mihai Romania 2008–2009 131 Glen Ward USA 2008–2009 131 Jean–Marc Breard 01 France 2006–2009 127 Jan Konasek Czech Republic 2008–2009 127 Bogdan Kubiak Poland 2008–2009 127 Tunc Tezel Turkey 2000–2009 125 Albert Dandrea USA 2007–2009 123 Stephen Kinsella 27 Canada 2004–2009 117 Eric Briggs Canada 2002–2009 116 Sherrill Shaffer USA 2008–2009 107 Dee Sharples USA 2000–2009 107 Tor Aslesen Norway 2006–2009 106 Marta Sragner 03 Hungary 1997–2009 105 Mika Maenpaa 17 Finland 2003–2008 101 John Cheng USA 2003–2009 101 Simiao Cheng China 2007–2009 100 Over 300,000 CCD Observations* none Over 250,000 CCD Observations* none Over 200,000 CCD Observations* Ray Tomlin USA 2006–2009 255,915 Gerard Samolyk USA 1975–2009 217,316 Shawn Dvorak USA 1981–2009 209,806 Over 150,000 CCD Observations* none Over 100,000 CCD Observations* Richard Huziak 27 Canada 1980–2008 116,082 Over 50,000 CCD Observations* Jerry Bialozynski USA 2004–2009 65,485 Ian Miller 20 Wales 2007–2009 58,783 Pierre De Ponthiere Belgium 2003–2009 55,972 Over 25,000 CCD Observations* (last year this level to be recognized) James M. Roe USA 1972–2009 34,790 Walter MacDonald Canada 27,644 Ken Menzies USA 1968–2009 25,634 Over 10,000 CCD Observations* William Stein USA 2008–2009 20,386 Yenal Ogmen Cyprus 2004–2009 15,577 Richard Sabo USA 2006–2009 15,066 Roger Pickard 20 England 2003–2009 11,733 Brian Warner USA 1978–2009 10,742 Don Wells USA 2002–2009 10,366 Alain Bruno 01 France 1981–2009 10,055 Over 1,000 CCD Observations* George Sjoberg USA 2007–2009 6,244 Peter Starr Australia 2006–2009 6.080 Peter Armstrong USA 1984–2009 4,656 Peter Kalajian USA 2008–2009 3,931 Miguel Rodriguez Marco 06 Spain 1993–2009 3,499 Thomas Grzybowski USA 2006–2009 3,444 Robert Buchheim USA 2005–2009 2,918 Terrence Bohlsen 29 Australia 2007–2009 2,491 Richard Schwartz USA 2007–2009 2,317 Ken Mogul USA 2007–2009 2,306 Gordon Myers USA 2007–2009 1,652 Guy Hurst 20 England 1974–2009 1,264 Hazel McGee 20 England 1998–2009 1,222 Eric Morillon 01 France 1988–2009 1,221 Laurent Corp 01 France 1997–2009 1,219 Frank Schorr USA 2007–2009 1,185 Danny Scharnhorst 02 Germany 1995–2009 1,185 Edward Wiley USA 2006–2009 1,119 Anthony Shoup USA 2002–2009 1,000 Over 5,000 PEP Observations* none Over 2,500 PEP Observations* none Over 1,000 PEP Observations* Jeffrey Hopkins USA 2006–2009 2,399 Brian McCandless USA 1981–2009 1,186 Over 100 PEP Observations* Thomas Rutherford USA 2003–2009 137 Gianni Galli Italy 2000–2009 132 * Years include total AAVSO observing interval (not only PEP/CCD observing). Total includes only visual or PEP/CCD observations, depending on award. 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) 06 Madrid Astronomical Association M1 (Spain) 11 Astronomisk Selskab (Scandinavia) 13 Brazilian Observational Network REA 14 Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section 17 URSA Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (Finland) 20 British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section 27 Royal Astronomical Society of Canada 29 Asociacion Amigos de la Astronomia (Argentina)
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