AAVSO 90th Spring Meeting, Madison, Wisconsin, May 5, 2001
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2000
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 100,000 Observations
Paul Vedrenne 01 France 1978–2000 101,417
Over 50,000 Observations
Lasse T. Jensen 08 Denmark 1992–2000 56,245
Gene A. Hanson, II USA 1980–2000 51,107
Roger S. Kolman USA 1962–2000 50,282
Over 25,000 Observations
Rod Stubbings 14 Australia 1996–2000 33,288
Albert F. Jones 14 New Zealand 1960–2000 28,211
Frank Vohla 02 Germany 1989–2000 26,509
Lewis M. Cook USA 1974–2000 26,440
Jerzy Speil Poland 1976–2000 25,217
Thomas W. Wilson USA 1970–2000 25,138
Over 10,000 Observations
Timo Kinnunen 17 Finland 1997–2000 15,286
Sergio Foglia 18 Italy 1991–2000 12,847
Jay W. Mayer USA 1958–2000 10,238
Michael Kohl Switzerland 1966–2000 10,056
Over 25,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Lasse T. Jensen 08 Denmark 1992–2000 34,507 CCD
Over 10,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Lewis Cook USA 1974–2000 20,068 CCD
Over 5,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Gerard Samolyk USA 1975–2000 7,434 CCD
Gilbert Lubcke USA 1966–2000 5,542 CCD
Over 2,500 PEP/CCD Observations*
Andy Howell USA 1964–2000 3,308 CCD
James E. Wood USA 1987–2000 2,789 PEP
Over 1,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Christopher Hesseltine USA 1975–2000 1,691 CCD
Raymond W. Jones 10 South Africa 1988–2000 1,434 PEP
Stephen D. O’Connor Canada 1972–2000 1,383 CCD
Thomas Michalik USA 1993–2000 1,371 CCD
Phillip Manker USA 1994–2000 1,092 PEP
Tonny Vanmunster Belgium 1976–2000 1,076 CCD
* 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:
01 Association Française des Observateurs d’Étoiles Variables (AFOEV)
02 Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V. (BAV) (Germany)
08 Norwegian Astronomical Society, Variable Star Section
10 Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Variable Star Section
14 Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section
17 URSA Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (Finland)
18 Unione Astrofili Italiani (Italy)