AAVSO 88th Spring Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 1–5, 1999
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 1998
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 250,000 Observations
M. Daniel Overbeek 10 South Africa 1952-98 267,371
Over 50,000 Observations
Gary Poyner England 1990-98 58,495
Georg Comello 04 Netherlands 1966-98 52,192
Bjoern H. Granslo 08 Norway 1975-98 52,106
Alfons Diepvens 05 Belgium 1985-98 50,393
Sergio Dominguez 12 Argentina 1987-98 50,128
Over 25,000 Observations
Gene A. Hanson, II USA 1980-98 35,412
Richard W. Schmude, Jr. USA 1994-98 30,067
Over 10,000 Observations
Liebert A. G. Monard 10 South Africa 1991-98 15,650
Marino Fonovich Croatia 1990-98 11,667
Robert J. Johanns 04 Netherlands 1990-98 11,539
Frans R. Van Loo 05 Belgium 1976-98 11,384
Dieter Suessmann 02 Germany 1973-98 11,306
Philip L. Dombrowski USA 1983-98 10,778
Roger Diethelm Switzerland 1966-98 10,634
Jan A. Smit 10 South Africa 1986-98 10,315
Johan Van Der Looy 05 Belgium 1990-98 10,277
Timothy W. Atkin USA 1981-98 10,249
Over 10,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Lasse Teist Jensen 11 Denmark 1992-98 10,136 CCD
Over 5,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Roger Diethelm Switzerland 1966-98 5,486 CCD/PEP
Over 2,500 PEP/CCD Observations*
none
Over 1,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Sergio Dallaporta 18 Italy 1994-98 1,030 PEP
* Years include total AAVSO observing interval (not only PEP/CCD observing).
Total includes PEP and/or CCD observations only (not observer’s visual contributions).
These symbols indicate observers are also affiliated with the groups below:
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)
08 Norwegian Astronomical Society, Variable Star Section
10 Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Variable Star Section
11 Astronomisk Selskab (Scandinavia)
12 Liga Ibero-Americana de Astronomia (South America)
18 Unione Astrofili Italiani (Italy)