Solar Observer Awards

In order to recognize the contributions of AAVSO Solar Section contributors, the AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (sunspots only) were initiated at the 1999 Annual Meeting. Sunspot awards are presented to solar observers who have reached milestones of 100, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, or subsequent increments of 500 sunspot observations by September of a given year. In 2004 a SID awards program was implemented to give equal recognition to SID observers. SID awards are presented to solar observers who have reached milestones of submitting 40 months of SID reports or subsequent increments of 40 SID reports by September of a given year.

The citation of the Sunspot award reads: "For a cumulative contribution since 1999 of x,xxx sunspot observations in support of the American Relative Sunspot Number program and service to the AAVSO Solar observing program."

The citation of the SID award reads: "For a cumulative contribution of SID data reports for at least 40 months in support of the National Geophysical Data Center SID Database and service to the AAVSO Solar observing program."

Award year: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

 

AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (announced at the 112th Annual Meeting, Somerville, Massachuestts, November 3-5, 2023)

Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Maurizio Cervoni
David Levy
Sandy Mesics
Nick Tonkin

Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Michel Besson
Aritra Das
Arnaud Mengus

Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Robert Eramia
Howard Eskildsen
Igor Grágeda Méndez
Steven Toothman

Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Michel Deconinck

Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Jay Miller

Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Kim Hay
Rodney Howe
John McCammon

Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Jan Alvestad
Juan Moreno Quesada

Sunspot Award (9,000 observations)
Franky Dubois

SID Award (40 months of reports)
Holger Krumnow
Radovan Mrllák
John Wendler


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (announced at the 111th Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, November 4-6, 2022)

Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Michel Besson
Luigi Iapichino
Ludovic Perbet
Rick St. Hilaire
Denis Wallian

Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Eric Fabrigat
Igor Grágeda Méndez
Earnest W. Iverson
Neil Simmons
Max Surlaroute

Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Teofilo Arranz Heras

Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Al Sadeem Astronomy Observatory
Robert Little
Walter Maluf
Andries Son

Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Timothy Hrutkay

Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Alexandre Amorim
Dean Chantiles
Kandilli Observatory

Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Salvador Aguirre

Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
John McCammon

Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Jose Alberto Berdejo
Michael Moeller

Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
Javier Ruiz Fernandez

Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
John Kaplan
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Piotr Urbanski

Sunspot Award (6,000 observations)
Brian Cudnik
Tom Fleming
James & Shirley Knight

Sunspot Award (7,000 observations)
Gema Araujo

Sunspot Award (8,500 observations)
Franky Dubois

SID Award (40 months of reports)
Frank Adamson
Jan Karlovsky
Luis Pina
George Silvis
Jon Wallace


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (announced at the 110th Annual Meeting, Somerville, Massachusetts, November 5-7, 2021)

Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Aritra Das
Igor Grageda Mendez
Ernest W. Iverson
Amoli Kakkar
Zachary Knoles
Filipp Romanov
Lance Shaw
Max Surlaroute
Patrick Thibault

Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Howard Eskildsen
Jamey Jenkins
Riza Pektas
Steven Toothman

Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Al Sadeem Astronomy Obs.
Brian Halls
Kristine M. Larsen
John G. O'Neill

Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Jorge del Rosario
Mark Harris

Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Raffaello Braga
Dean Chantiles
Juan Moreno Quesada

Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Jay Miller

Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Rodney Howe

Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Solar Dynamics Observatory - HMI

Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Michael Boschat
Monty Leventhal

Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
Tom Fleming
Miyoshi Suzuki
A. Gonzalo Vargas

Sunspot Award (6,000 observations)
Robert L. Brown
David R. Teske

Sunspot Award (6,500 observations)
Gema Araujo

Sunspot Award (7,000 observations)
German Morales Chavez

SID Award (40 months of reports)
Salvador Aguirre
Jean-Pierre Godet
Lionel Loudet
Ralph Rogge


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (announced at the 109th Annual Meeting held Online, Zoom Webinar, November 13-15, 2020)

Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Georgios Lekkas
Arnaud Mengus
Ruben Verboven
Guido Wollenhaupt

Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Teofilo Arranz Heras
Michel Deconinck
Bob Eramia

Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Frank Dempsey
Walter Maluf

Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Roberto Battaiola
David Branchett
Juan Antonio Moreno Quesada

Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Alexandre Amorim
Kandilli Observatory

Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Salvador Aguirre
John McCammon

Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Javier Alonso
Jan Alvestad
Brian Gordon-States
Kim Hay

Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Jose Alberto Berdejo

Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
John Kaplan
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Piotr Urbanski

Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
Franky Dubois
Kenichi Fujimori
A. Gonzalo Vargas
William M. Wilson

Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
Robert Brown
Brian Cudnik
James & Shirley Knight

SID Award (40 months of reports)
Louw Ferreira
Rod Green     
Robert Terrill


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 108th Annual Meeting in Las Cruces, NM, October 18 - 21, 2019)

Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Teofilo Arranz
Robert Dudley
Howard  Eskildsen
Steven A. Toothman

Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Al Sadeem Astronomy Observatory
Ivo V. J. Demeulenaere

Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Ioannis V. Chouinavas
Robert Ray Little

Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Santanu Basu
Raffaello Braga
Dean Chantiles
Timothy Hrutkay

Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
John Hurley McCammon
Jay H. Miller

Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Jan Alvestad
Brian  Gordon-States
Rodney H. Howe

Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Jose Alberto Berdejo

Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Michael Eric Boschat

Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Javier Ruiz Fernandez

Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
Ervin Thomas Fleming IV
James & Shirley Knight
Miyoshi Suzuki

Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
David R. Teske

 

Sunspot Award (6,000 observations)
Gema Araujo

Sunspot Award (6,500 observations)
German Morales Chavez

SID Award (40 months of reports)
Jean-Pierre Godet
Ján Karlovsk
Lionel Loudet
Radovan Mrllák
Susan Oatney
Ralph Rogge
George A. Silvis


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 107th Annual Meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona, November 17, 2018)

Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Michel Deconinck
Bob Eramia

Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Diego Bastiani
Tadeusz Figiel
David Jackson
Gerardo Jimenez Lopez
Walter Maluf
John O'Neill

Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Jorge del Rosario
Juan Antonio Moreno Quesada
George Mudry
Andries Son

Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Alexandre Amorim
Jose Carvajal
Enrico Mariani

Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Salvador Aguirre
Rodney Howe
Larry Krozel
Dan Vidican

Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Javier Alo
Howard Barnes

Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Monty Leventhal

Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Piotr Urbanski

Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
Franky Dubois
K. Fujimori
James & Shirley Knight
A. Gonzalo Vargas
William M. Wilson

Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
Robert Brown
Brian Cudnik
David Teske

Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
Gema Araujo

Sunspot Award (6,000 observations)
German Morales Chavez

SID Award (40 months of reports)
Salvador Aguirre
Ken Menzies


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 106th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, November 4, 2017)

Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Marcelino Vázquez Muñoz
Neil Simmons

Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Robert Little
Juan Antonio Moreno Quesada
Mat Raymonde

Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Santanu Basu
Fredirico Luiz Funari
Mark Harris

Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
1,500 observations
Kandilli Observatory
John McCammon

Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Jan Alvestad
Brian Gordon-States

Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Jose Alberto Berdejo
Kim Hay

Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Michael Boschatl

Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Javier Ruiz Fernandez
Etsuiku Mochizuki

Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
John Kaplan
A. Gonzalo Vargas

Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
Tom Fleming0
Miyoshi Suzuki

Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
Gema Araujo

Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
Brenda Branchett

SID Award (40 months of reports)
Frank Adamson
Radovan Mrllák


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 105th Annual Meeting in Burlington, Mass., November 12, 2016)

Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Juan Antonio Moreno Quesada
Piotr Skorupski

Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Ioannis Chouinavas

Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Alexandre Amorim
Raffaello Braga
John McCammon

Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Salvador Aguirre
Rodney Howe
Larry Krozel
Jan Alvestad
Brian Gordon-States

Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Javier Alonso
Susan Oatney

Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Monty Leventhal

Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Franky Dubois
Kenichi Fujimori
James & Shirley Knight
William M. Wilson

Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
Robert Brown
Brian Cudnik
David Teske

Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
German Morales Chavez

SID Award (40 months of reports)
Jean-Pierre Godet
Lionel Loudet
Alexander McWilliams
Susan Oatney
Ralph Rogge
Igor Ryumshin
George Silvis
Robert Terrill
Jon Wallace


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 104th Annual Meeting in Woburn, Mass., November 14, 2015)

Sunspot Observations (100 observations)

Eric Anderson
Raymund Ang
Antonio Attanasio
Diego Bastiani
Michael Begbie
Piotr Bojda
Paul Campbell
Ioannis Chouinavas
Susan Delaney
Tadeusz Figiel
Franck Gobet
Martin Goetz
David Jackson
Jamey Jenkins
Simon Jenner
Gerardo Jimenez Lopez
Jessica Johnson
Mikhail Kuzmin
Robert Little
Tom Lizak
Thomas Lubbers
Walter Maluf
Gael Mariani
Fabio Mariuzza
Euan Mason
Dmitry Matsnev
Miguel Menegotto
Heikki Nylander
John O'Neill
Norman Parker
Riza Pektas
Mat Raymonde
Monika Sidor
Michael Stephanou
Russell Wheeler
Piotr Wirkus

Sunspot Observations (500 observations)

Santanu Basu
Jorge del Rosario

Sunspot Observations (1,000 observations)

Jose Carvajal Martinez
Dean Chantiles
Kandilli Observatory

Sunspot Observations (1,500 observations)

Jay Miller
Dan Vidican

Sunspot Observations (2,000 observations)

Jose Berdejo

Sunspot Observations (2,500 observations)

Gerald Dyck

Sunspot Observations (3,000 observations)

Javier Ruiz Fernandez

Sunspot Observations (3,500 observations)

A. Gonzalo Beltran
John Kaplan
Jim Knight
Gerd-Lutz Schott
Piotr Urbanski

Sunspot Observations (4,000 observations)

Ervin Fleming
Miyoshi Suzuki

Sunspot Observations (4,500 observations)

Gema Araujo

Sunspot Observations (5,000 observations)

Brenda Branchett
German Morales

SID Reports

Ralph Rogge
Igor Ryumshin
Rod Green
Jan Karlovsky
Radovan Mrllak


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting in Woburn, MA, November 8, 2014)

Sunspot Observers (500 observations)

Alexandre Amorim         
Salvador Aguirre         
John A. Blackwell        
Raffaello Braga          
Alexandru Burda          
Dean Chantiles           
Jose Carvajal            
Frank Dempsey            
Fredirico Luiz Funari    
Brian Halls              
Mark Harris              
Krystyna Wirkus          
Thomas Jeffrey           
Kandilli Observatory     
Kristine Larsen          
John McCammon            
George Mudry             
Andries Son              
George Stefanopoulis     

Sunspot Observers (1,000 observations)

Jan Alvestad             
Rodney Howe              
Brian Gordon-States      
Larry Krozel             

Sunspot Observers (1,500 observations)

J. Alonso                
Laurent Corp             

Sunspot Observers (2,000 observations)

Howard Barnes            
Kim Hay                  

Sunspot Observers (2,500 observations)

IPS Observatory          

Sunspot Observers (3,500 observations)

Franky Dubois            
K. Fujimori              
Michael Moeller          
William M. Wilson        

Sunspot Observers (4,000 observations)

Gema Araujo              
Robert Brown             
Brian Cudnik             
David Teske              

Sunspot Observers (4,500 observations)

Brenda Branchett         

SID Reports

Klemen Cotar         
Jon Wallace          
Alexander McWilliams


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting in Woburn, MA, October 12, 2013)

Sunspot Observers (1,000 observations)

Timothy Hrutkay
Enrico Mariani

Sunspot Observers (1,500 observations)

Clyde Simpson

Sunspot Observers (2,000 observations)

Gerald Dyck

Sunspot Observers (2,500 observations)

Michael Boschat
Monty Leventhal

Sunspot Observers (3,000 observations)

Franky Dubois
James Knight and Shirley Knight
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Gerd-Lutz Schott
Piotr Urbanski
A. Gonzalo Vargas

Sunspot Observers (3,500 observations)

Robert Brown
Tom Fleming
Miyoshi Suzuki

Sunspot Observers (4,500 observations)

German Morales Chavez

SID Reports

Roberto Battaiola
Francois Steyn
Frank Adamson
Susan Oatney


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 101st Annual Meeting in Woburn, MA, November 2, 2012)

Sunspot Observers (3,000 observations)

Thomas Fleming

SID Reports

Jean-Pierre Godet, France
Lionel Loudet, France


AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 100th Annual Meeting in Woburn, MA, October 8, 2011)

Sunspot Observers (1,000 observations)

(name, observer initials, country)

J. Alonso (AJV), Spain
R. Battaiola (BATR), Italy
Ray Berg (BEB), USA
J. Berdejo (BERJ), Spain
D. Branchett (BRAD), USA
A. Buck (BVC), Isle of Man
J. Carlson (CARJ), USA
Laurent Corp (CLZ), France
Thomas Compton (COMT), USA
Jacques van Delft (DEJV)
Jean Dragesco (DRAJ), France
Richard Giovanoni (GIOR), USA
David W. James (JAMD), USA
Jose Lirriba (LARJ)
Michel Lerman (LERM)
Jay Miller (MILJ), USA
Susan Oatney (OATS), USA
Clyde Simpson (SIMC), USA
Javier Temprano (TVJ), Spain
Daniel Vidican (VIDD), Romania

Sunspot Observers (1,500 observations)
    
Biswajit Bose (BOSB), India
Gerald Dyck (DGP), USA
Kim Hay (HAYK), Canada
IPS Observatory (OBSO), Australia
H. Takuma (TAKH), Japan

Sunspot Observers (2000 observations)

Javier Ruiz Fernandez (FERJ), Spain
Monty Leventhal (LEVM), USA
Arthur Ritchie (RITA), USA
Gerhard Stemmler (STEM), Germany

Sunspot Observers (2,500 observations)

Robert Branch (BRAR), USA
Franky Dubois (DUBF), Belgium
K. Fujimori (FUJK), Japan
John Kaplan (KAPJ), USA
James & Shirley Knight (KNJS), South Africa
Javier Jarboles Maranon (MARJ), Spain
Etsuiku Mochizuki (MCE), Japan
Michael Moeller (MMI), Germany
E.C. Richardson (RICE), England
Gerd-Lutz Schott (SCGL), Germany
Nick Stoikidis (STQ), Greece
A. Gonzalo Vargas (VARG), Bolivia
William M. Wilson (WILW), USA
Hulya Yesilyaprak (YESH), Turkey

Sunspot Observers (3,000 observations)

Gema Araujo (ARAG), Spain
Robert Brown (BROB), USA
Brian Cudnik (CKB), USA
Miyoshi Suzuki (SUZM), Japan
David Teske (TESD), USA

Sunspot Observers (3,500 observations)

Brenda Branchett (BRAB), USA
German Chavas Morales (CHAG), Bolivia

Sunspot Observers (5,000 observations)

Piotr Urbanski (URBP), Poland

SID Reports

Peter King, England


AAVSO 99th Annual Meeting, Woburn, Masachusetts, 2010

Sunspot Observations
none

SID Reports
François Steyn


AAVSO 98th Annual Meeting, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 2009

Sunspot Observations
Patrick Abbott
Howard Barnes

SID Reports
Roberto Battaiola
Andy Clerkin
Michael Hill
Michael King
Lionel Loudet
Jon Wallace


AAVSO 97th Annual Meeting, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 2008

Sunspot Observations
Mike Boschat
Mieczyslaw Szulc
IPS Observatory

SID Reports
Michael King
Paul Mortfield


AAVSO 96th Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007

Sunspot Observations
Franky Dubois
E. C. Richardson
Piotr Urbanski
A. Gonzala Vargas

SID Reports
Len A. Anderson
William Michael Hill
Jim Mandaville
Domenic Toldo
Jerome L. Winkler


AAVSO 95th Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts, 2006

Sunspot Observations
Gema Araujo
Javier Ruiz
Kenichi Fujimori
John Kaplan
James & Shirley Knight
Gerd-Lutz Schott
Gerhard Stemmler
Hitoshi Takuma
William M. Wilson

SID Reports
Paul Campbell
Nick Stoikidis (Larissa Observatory)
 


AAVSO 94th Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts, 2005

Sunspot Observations
Biswajit Bose
Robert Brown
Brian Cudnik
Tom Fleming
Monty Leventhal
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Michael Moeller
Arthur Ritchie   
Nick Stoikidis
Miyoshi Suzuki
David Teske

SID Reports
Peter King
Ted Poulos
Roberto Battaiola
Andrew Clerkin
François Steyn
Jon Wallace
 


AAVSO 93rd Annual Meeting, Waltham, Massachusetts, 2004

Sunspot Observations
Robert P. Branch
Brenda Branchett
Thomas A. Cragg
German Moralez Chavez
Javier Jarboles Maranon

SID Awards
Jerome L. Winkler
Danie Overbeek (awarded poshumously)
Dominic Toldo    
James Ellerbe
Alex Panzer
Walter Moos
William Michael Hill
Michael King
Guglielmo DiFillipo
 


AAVSO 88th Annual Meeting, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1999 (Solar Awards inaugurated)

Honor Awards
Thomas Cragg
Casper Hossfield
Herbert Luft(awarded posthumously)
Peter Taylor
Arthur Stokes
David Warshaw (awarded posthumously)
    
SID AND SUNSPOT AWARDS
    
James Ellerbe
Joseph Lawrence
Leonard Witkowski
    
SID AWARDS
    
Phil Del Vecchio, Pennsylvania
William Michael Hill, Massachusetts
Peter King, England
Meddy Landry, New Hampshire
Jim Mandaville, Arizona
Walter Moos, Switzerland
Daniel Overbeek, South Africa
Alex Panzer, Ohio
Norman Parker, California
Werner Scharlach, Arizona
Dominic Toldo, South Africa
Jerome Winkler, Texas
    
SUNSPOT AWARDS
    
Patrick Abbott, Canada
Eric Anderson, New York
Tamer Atac, Turkey
Gerald Atkinson, Massachusetts
Howard Banes, New Zealand
William Barton, England
Robeto Battaiola, Italy
Jose Berdejo, Spain
John Blackwell, New Hampshire
Michael Boschat, Canada
Biswajit Bose, India
Brenda Branchett, Florida
Robert Branch, California
James Carlson, Massachusetts
Carl Clemens, Pennsylvania
Brian Cudnik, Texas
Thomas Compton, Missouri
Gregory Conlin, Washington
Frank Dempsey, Canada
Gerald Dyck, Massachusetts
Jean Dragesco, France
Franky Dubois, Belgium
Gontran Eleizalde, Venezuala
Javier Ruiz Fernandez, Spain
Nicolas Fleming, Argentina
Enrique Galvez Ferreyros, Peru
Mauro Oscar Gallo, Argentina
Richard Giovanoni, Maryland
Steve Gottschalk, Iowa
Marcelo Gundlach, Bolivia
Brian Halls, England
Kim Hay, Canada
Timothy Hrutkay, Pennsylvania
Jose Oporto Ibanez     Spain
Jan Janssens     Texas
Javier Jarboles     Spain
Thomas Jeffrey     California
Jamey Jenkins     Illinois
John Kaplan     Minnesota
Jim Knight     South Africa
Attila Kosa-Kiss     Romania
Michel Lerman     Canada
Monty Leventhal     Australia
Gennaro Lopriore     Massachusetts
Tom Lizak     Rhode Island
Thomas Lubbers     Minnesota
Todd Lohvinenko     Canada
Kjell Inge Malde     Norway
Enrico Mariani     Italy
Etsuiku Mochizuki     Japan
Larry McHenry     Pennsylvania
Jay Miller     Maryland
Michael Moeller     Germany
German Morales     Bolivia
George Mudry     Canada
Nigel Prestage     Australia
Thomas Randall     New York
E. C. Richardson     England
Jim Ramsey     Arkansas
Sharon Ramsey     Arkansas
Gerd-Lutz Schott     Germany
Gregg Scholl     New York
Clyde Simpson     Ohio
Robert Spellman     California
George Stefanopoulos     Greece
Gerhard Stemmler     Germany
Nick Stoikidis     Greece
Miyoshi Suzuki     Japan
Hitoshi Takuma     Japan
David Teske     Missouri
Raymond Thompson     Canada
Gonzalo Vargas     Bolivia
Carlos Vazquez     Argentina
Matthew Whitehouse     Missouri
William Wilson     Tennessee
Kenneth Watts     California
Hulya Yeshilyaprak     Turkey