AAVSO 99th Spring Meeting, Mendoza, Argentina, April 15–28, 2010;
awards presented or announced at the 99th Annual Meeting,
Woburn, Massachusetts, October 30, 2010
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2009
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
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)
