Presented at the 93rd Spring Meeting, Berkeley, California, July 24, 2004
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2003
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 100,000 Observations
Gary Poyner England 1991–2003 106,713
Georg Comello 04 Netherlands 1966–2003 105,865
Over 50,000 Observations
Albert F. Jones 14 New Zealand 1960–2003 63,766
Lewis M. Cook USA 1974–2003 58,332
Glenn F. Chaple, Jr. USA 1980–2003 54,527
Kenneth J. Medway 20 England 1973–2003 50,743
Over 25,000 Observations
Michael A. Simonsen USA 1999–2003 34,278
Shawn W. Dvorak USA 1981–2003 30,807
Richard Huziak 27 Canada 1980–2003 29,254
Johan Van Der Looy 05 Belgium 1991–2003 29,143
A. Patrick Abbott Canada 1982–2003 26,945
Robert A. James USA 1953–2003 26,281
Stanislaw Swierczynski Poland 1991–2003 25,508
Peter Williams 14 Australia 1989–2003 25,047
Over 10,000 Observations
Peter Nelson 14 Australia 1990–2003 15,632
Hubert Hautcler 05 Belgium 1999–2003 13,831
Adrian Bruno Sonka Romania 1999–2003 11,893
Janos Fekete 03 Hungary 1988–2003 11,527
Charles W. Robertson USA 2001–2003 11,182
Matyas Csukas 03 Romania 1987–2003 11,149
Arto Oksanen 17 Finland 2001–2003 10,984
Richard P. Harvan USA 1979–2003 10,264
Barry B. Beaman USA 1964–2003 10,064
Robert P. King USA 1983–2003 10,020
Over 50,000 PEP or CCD Observations*
Lewis M. Cook USA 1974–2003 51,962 CCD
Over 25, 000 PEP or CCD Observations*
Ronald E. Zissell USA 1985–2003 26,588 CCD
Over 10,000 PEP or CCD Observations*
Peter Nelson 14 Australia 1990–2003 13,133 CCD
Robert A. James USA 1953–2003 13,058 CCD
Charles W. Robertson USA 2001–2003 11,182 CCD
Arto Oksanen 17 Finland 2001–2003 10,984 CCD
Over 5,000 PEP or CCD Observations*
Neil D. Butterworth Australia 2002–2003 9,326 CCD
Christopher W. Hesseltine USA 1975–2003 7,316 CCD
Over 2,500 PEP or CCD Observations*
Thomas Michalik USA 1994–2003 2,701 CCD
Over 1,000 PEP or CCD Observations*
Maciej Reszelski Poland 2000–2003 1,617 CCD
Petri Tikkanen 17 Finland 2001–2003 1,529 CCD
Neil A. Simmons USA 1983–2003 1,312 CCD
Mika Aho Finland 2001–2003 1,265 CCD
Louis B. Cox Canada 1983–2003 1,112 PEP
Mark J. Munkacsy USA 1997–2003 1,000 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:
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)
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