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