recognition

AAVSO 101st Spring Meeting, Big Bear, California, May 22-24, 2012

Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2011

AAVSO 100th Spring Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, May 21-26, 2011

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            

ASTRONOMICAL LEAGUE
CITATION TO ACCOMPANY AWARD
LESLIE C. PELTIER AWARD
This Award is provided by the Astronomical League and Meade Instruments For
Amateur Astronomers who contribute astronomy observations of lasting
significance.

Given To

GRB030725: An Amateur Discovery in a Professional Field

Elizabeth started working at the AAVSO in 1979 after graduating with a degree in Astronomy from Smith College in Northhampton, MA. She began as technical assistant to Director Janet Mattei. Over the next 25 years the variety and number of her responsibilities grew.

AAVSO 98th Spring Meeting, Northwoods Resort, Big Bear Lake, California, May 19 - 21, 2009

Harlow Shapley once referred to Leslie C. Peltier as "the world's greatest living amateur astronomer." This was a view shared by all who knew him, or knew of him. During his active observing life, which spanned all, or parts of eight decades, he made over 132,000 observations of variable stars, discovered twelve comets and six novae.