AAVSO 101st Spring Meeting, Big Bear, California, May 22-24, 2012
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2011
Award/Recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 200,000 Visual Observations*
Rod Stubbings 14 Australia 1997-2011 200,709
John Bortle USA 1963-2011 200,000
Over 175,000 Visual Observations*
Gary Poyner UK 1991-2011 183,539
Paul Vedrenne 01 France 1978-2011 175,563
Over 50,000 Visual Observations*
Alfredo Glez-Herrera Spain 1990-2011 54,611
Pavol Dubovsky 09 Slovakia 1999-2011 53,793
Miroslav Komorous Canada 1976-2011 51,300
Jerzy Speil Poland 1976-2011 50,465
Attila Mizser 03 Hungary 1975-2011 50,146
Over 25,000 Visual Observations*
Seiichi Sakuma Japan 1984-2011 26,493
Robert Fidrich 03 Hungary 1984-2011 25,679
Wolfgang Kriebel 02 Germany 1989-2011 25,638
Erwin Van Ballegoij 04 Netherlands 1984-2011 25,452
Over 10,000 Visual Observations*
Janos Piriti 03 Hungary 1978-2011 10,818
Francisco Pujol-Clapes 06 Spain 1989-2011 10,371
Chris Allen 20 Sweden 2004-2011 10,234
Hans Bengtsson Sweden 2000-2011 10,047
Over 5,000 Visual Observations (new level this year)
Janos Bakos 03 Hungary 2008-2011 7,051
Balazs Bago 03 Hungary 1986-2011 5,531
Sergey Kuznetsov Russia 2004-2011 5,208
Over 1,000 Visual Observations*
Kevin Paxson USA 2001-2011 2,850
Sherrill Shaffer USA 2009-2011 1,653
Sandor Hadhazi 03 Hungary 1983-2011 1,580
Veikko Makela 17 Finland 2000-2011 1,557
Bogdan Kubiak Poland 2009-2011 1,442
Terje Bjerkgaard 08 Norway 2000-2011 1,203
Laszlo Kocsmaros Serbia and
Montenegro 2009-2011 1,143
Vladut Mihai Romania 2009-2011 1,125
Glynis Van Uden 04 Netherlands 2003-2011 1,118
Gonzalo Beltran Bolivia 2008-2011 1,094
Robert Schippers Netherlands 2009-2011 1,080
Antal Fodor 03 Hungary 1981-2011 1,078
Manos Kardasis Greece 2002-2011 1,052
Joao Almeida 13 Brazil 2004-2011 1,032
Artemy Kilin Russia 2010-2011 1,001
Over 100 Visual Observations*
Ronald King USA 2010-2011 485
David Watts USA 2010-2011 176
Todd Jaarsma USA 2010-2011 157
Stanley Spielbusch USA 2010-2011 151
Malcolm Brown 1978-2011 136
Laszlo Nemeth 03 Hungary 1984-2011 133
Poul Hansen Denmark 2009-2011 132
Anders Nygaard UK 2008-2011 115
Thomas Wikander Sweden 2011-2011 112
William Whitehead USA 2011-2011 106
David Dowhos Canada 2006-2011 105
David Conner UK 2009-2011 105
Dennis Cowles USA 2002-2011 102
Gary Wood USA 2006-2011 100
Over 500,000 CCD Observations*
Robert James USA 1953-2011 525,582
Over 400,000 CCD Observations*
Ray Tomlin USA 2006-2011 487,313
Over 100,000 CCD Observations*
Ian Miller 20 UK 2007-2011 123,905
Keith Graham USA 1981-2011 121,156
Teofilo Arranz Spain 2005-2011 108,271
William Stein USA 2008-2011 106,909
Arto Oksanen 17 Finland 2001-2011 100,123
Richard Sabo USA 2006-2011 100,041
Over 50,000 CCD Observations*
James Jones USA 2003-2011 82,208
Kenneth Menzies USA 1968-2011 76,053
Over 10,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Rudy Poklar USA 2001-2011 38,607
Mark Blackford Australia 2011-2011 18,386
Guan Tan Thiam Australia 2010-2011 15,853
Laurent Corp France 1997-2011 14,978
James Foster USA 2003-2011 14,430
Arne Henden USA 2000-2011 14,092
Neil Simmons USA 1983-2011 13,111
Miguel Rodriguez Marco 06 Spain 1993-2011 12,731
Ron Mcdaniel USA 2005-2011 11,484
Robert Henderson UK 2009-2011 11,286
Graham Darlington 20 UK 2011-2011 10,883
David Hurdis USA 1999-2011 10,584
Eddy Muyllaert 05 Belgium 1986-2011 10,434
Richard Campbell USA 1989-2011 10,089
Over 1,000 CCD Observations*
Margaret Streamer 29 Australia 2002-2011 6,128
David Moriarty Australia 2011-2011 4,251
Katrin Fortak Germany 2011-2011 1,850
Thomas Karlsson 19 Sweden 2010-2011 1,375
Patrick Wils 05 Belgium 1976-2011 1,318
Andreas Schumann 02 Germany 2005-2011 1,318
Marzio Rivera Italy 2006-2011 1,299
Emmanuel Conseil France 2011-2011 1,290
Peter Lake Australia 2009-2011 1,238
Carlos Fernandez Rivero Spain 2010-2011 1,193
David Trowbridge USA 2001-2011 1,129
Janos Stickel 03 Hungary 2009-2011 1,107
Jerry Horne USA 2003-2011 1,107
Charles Lemaire Germany 2011-2011 1,091
Alan Bedard USA 2002-2011 1,032
Over 500 PTG Observations* (new level this year)
Robert Kaufman Australia 2008-2011 821
Ivan Sergey Belarus 2003-2011 724
* Years include total AAVSO observing interval (not only PEP/CCD/PTG observing).
Total includes only visual or PEP/CCD/PTG 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 Csillàgaszati 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
09 Ukraine Astronomical Group, Variable Star Section
13 Brazilian Observational Network REA
14 Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section
17 URSA Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (Finland)
19 Svensk Amator Astronomisk Forening, Variabelsektionen (Sweden)
20 British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section
27 Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
29 Variable Stars South (New Zealand)