In order to recognize the contributions of AAVSO Solar Section contributors, the AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (sunspots only) were initiated at the 1999 Annual Meeting. Sunspot awards are presented to solar observers who have reached milestones of 100, 500, 1000, 1500, 2000, or subsequent increments of 500 sunspot observations by September of a given year. In 2004 a SID awards program was implemented to give equal recognition to SID observers. SID awards are presented to solar observers who have reached milestones of submitting 40 months of SID reports or subsequent increments of 40 SID reports by September of a given year.
The citation of the Sunspot award reads: "For a cumulative contribution since 1999 of x,xxx sunspot observations in support of the American Relative Sunspot Number program and service to the AAVSO Solar observing program."
The citation of the SID award reads: "For a cumulative contribution of SID data reports for at least 40 months in support of the National Geophysical Data Center SID Database and service to the AAVSO Solar observing program."
Award year: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (announced at the 112th Annual Meeting, Somerville, Massachuestts, November 3-5, 2023)
Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Maurizio Cervoni
David Levy
Sandy Mesics
Nick Tonkin
Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Michel Besson
Aritra Das
Arnaud Mengus
Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Robert Eramia
Howard Eskildsen
Igor Grágeda Méndez
Steven Toothman
Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Michel Deconinck
Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Jay Miller
Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Kim Hay
Rodney Howe
John McCammon
Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Jan Alvestad
Juan Moreno Quesada
Sunspot Award (9,000 observations)
Franky Dubois
SID Award (40 months of reports)
Holger Krumnow
Radovan Mrllák
John Wendler
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (announced at the 111th Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, November 4-6, 2022)
Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Michel Besson
Luigi Iapichino
Ludovic Perbet
Rick St. Hilaire
Denis Wallian
Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Eric Fabrigat
Igor Grágeda Méndez
Earnest W. Iverson
Neil Simmons
Max Surlaroute
Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Teofilo Arranz Heras
Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Al Sadeem Astronomy Observatory
Robert Little
Walter Maluf
Andries Son
Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Timothy Hrutkay
Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Alexandre Amorim
Dean Chantiles
Kandilli Observatory
Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Salvador Aguirre
Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
John McCammon
Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Jose Alberto Berdejo
Michael Moeller
Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
Javier Ruiz Fernandez
Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
John Kaplan
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Piotr Urbanski
Sunspot Award (6,000 observations)
Brian Cudnik
Tom Fleming
James & Shirley Knight
Sunspot Award (7,000 observations)
Gema Araujo
Sunspot Award (8,500 observations)
Franky Dubois
SID Award (40 months of reports)
Frank Adamson
Jan Karlovsky
Luis Pina
George Silvis
Jon Wallace
Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Aritra Das
Igor Grageda Mendez
Ernest W. Iverson
Amoli Kakkar
Zachary Knoles
Filipp Romanov
Lance Shaw
Max Surlaroute
Patrick Thibault
Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Howard Eskildsen
Jamey Jenkins
Riza Pektas
Steven Toothman
Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Al Sadeem Astronomy Obs.
Brian Halls
Kristine M. Larsen
John G. O'Neill
Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Jorge del Rosario
Mark Harris
Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Raffaello Braga
Dean Chantiles
Juan Moreno Quesada
Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Jay Miller
Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Rodney Howe
Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Solar Dynamics Observatory - HMI
Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Michael Boschat
Monty Leventhal
Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
Tom Fleming
Miyoshi Suzuki
A. Gonzalo Vargas
Sunspot Award (6,000 observations)
Robert L. Brown
David R. Teske
Sunspot Award (6,500 observations)
Gema Araujo
Sunspot Award (7,000 observations)
German Morales Chavez
SID Award (40 months of reports)
Salvador Aguirre
Jean-Pierre Godet
Lionel Loudet
Ralph Rogge
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (announced at the 109th Annual Meeting held Online, Zoom Webinar, November 13-15, 2020)
Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Georgios Lekkas
Arnaud Mengus
Ruben Verboven
Guido Wollenhaupt
Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Teofilo Arranz Heras
Michel Deconinck
Bob Eramia
Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Frank Dempsey
Walter Maluf
Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Roberto Battaiola
David Branchett
Juan Antonio Moreno Quesada
Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Alexandre Amorim
Kandilli Observatory
Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Salvador Aguirre
John McCammon
Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Javier Alonso
Jan Alvestad
Brian Gordon-States
Kim Hay
Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Jose Alberto Berdejo
Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
John Kaplan
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Piotr Urbanski
Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
Franky Dubois
Kenichi Fujimori
A. Gonzalo Vargas
William M. Wilson
Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
Robert Brown
Brian Cudnik
James & Shirley Knight
SID Award (40 months of reports)
Louw Ferreira
Rod Green
Robert Terrill
Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Teofilo Arranz
Robert Dudley
Howard Eskildsen
Steven A. Toothman
Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Al Sadeem Astronomy Observatory
Ivo V. J. Demeulenaere
Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Ioannis V. Chouinavas
Robert Ray Little
Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Santanu Basu
Raffaello Braga
Dean Chantiles
Timothy Hrutkay
Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
John Hurley McCammon
Jay H. Miller
Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Jan Alvestad
Brian Gordon-States
Rodney H. Howe
Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Jose Alberto Berdejo
Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Michael Eric Boschat
Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Javier Ruiz Fernandez
Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
Ervin Thomas Fleming IV
James & Shirley Knight
Miyoshi Suzuki
Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
David R. Teske
Sunspot Award (6,000 observations)
Gema Araujo
Sunspot Award (6,500 observations)
German Morales Chavez
SID Award (40 months of reports)
Jean-Pierre Godet
Ján Karlovsk
Lionel Loudet
Radovan Mrllák
Susan Oatney
Ralph Rogge
George A. Silvis
Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Michel Deconinck
Bob Eramia
Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Diego Bastiani
Tadeusz Figiel
David Jackson
Gerardo Jimenez Lopez
Walter Maluf
John O'Neill
Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Jorge del Rosario
Juan Antonio Moreno Quesada
George Mudry
Andries Son
Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Alexandre Amorim
Jose Carvajal
Enrico Mariani
Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Salvador Aguirre
Rodney Howe
Larry Krozel
Dan Vidican
Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Javier Alo
Howard Barnes
Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Monty Leventhal
Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Piotr Urbanski
Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
Franky Dubois
K. Fujimori
James & Shirley Knight
A. Gonzalo Vargas
William M. Wilson
Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
Robert Brown
Brian Cudnik
David Teske
Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
Gema Araujo
Sunspot Award (6,000 observations)
German Morales Chavez
SID Award (40 months of reports)
Salvador Aguirre
Ken Menzies
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 106th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, November 4, 2017)
Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Marcelino Vázquez Muñoz
Neil Simmons
Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Robert Little
Juan Antonio Moreno Quesada
Mat Raymonde
Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Santanu Basu
Fredirico Luiz Funari
Mark Harris
Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
1,500 observations
Kandilli Observatory
John McCammon
Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Jan Alvestad
Brian Gordon-States
Sunspot Award (2,500 observations)
Jose Alberto Berdejo
Kim Hay
Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Michael Boschatl
Sunspot Award (3,500 observations)
Javier Ruiz Fernandez
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
John Kaplan
A. Gonzalo Vargas
Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
Tom Fleming0
Miyoshi Suzuki
Sunspot Award (5,000 observations)
Gema Araujo
Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
Brenda Branchett
SID Award (40 months of reports)
Frank Adamson
Radovan Mrllák
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 105th Annual Meeting in Burlington, Mass., November 12, 2016)
Sunspot Award (100 observations)
Juan Antonio Moreno Quesada
Piotr Skorupski
Sunspot Award (500 observations)
Ioannis Chouinavas
Sunspot Award (1,000 observations)
Alexandre Amorim
Raffaello Braga
John McCammon
Sunspot Award (1,500 observations)
Salvador Aguirre
Rodney Howe
Larry Krozel
Jan Alvestad
Brian Gordon-States
Sunspot Award (2,000 observations)
Javier Alonso
Susan Oatney
Sunspot Award (3,000 observations)
Monty Leventhal
Sunspot Award (4,000 observations)
Franky Dubois
Kenichi Fujimori
James & Shirley Knight
William M. Wilson
Sunspot Award (4,500 observations)
Robert Brown
Brian Cudnik
David Teske
Sunspot Award (5,500 observations)
German Morales Chavez
SID Award (40 months of reports)
Jean-Pierre Godet
Lionel Loudet
Alexander McWilliams
Susan Oatney
Ralph Rogge
Igor Ryumshin
George Silvis
Robert Terrill
Jon Wallace
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 104th Annual Meeting in Woburn, Mass., November 14, 2015)
Sunspot Observations (100 observations)
Eric Anderson
Raymund Ang
Antonio Attanasio
Diego Bastiani
Michael Begbie
Piotr Bojda
Paul Campbell
Ioannis Chouinavas
Susan Delaney
Tadeusz Figiel
Franck Gobet
Martin Goetz
David Jackson
Jamey Jenkins
Simon Jenner
Gerardo Jimenez Lopez
Jessica Johnson
Mikhail Kuzmin
Robert Little
Tom Lizak
Thomas Lubbers
Walter Maluf
Gael Mariani
Fabio Mariuzza
Euan Mason
Dmitry Matsnev
Miguel Menegotto
Heikki Nylander
John O'Neill
Norman Parker
Riza Pektas
Mat Raymonde
Monika Sidor
Michael Stephanou
Russell Wheeler
Piotr Wirkus
Sunspot Observations (500 observations)
Santanu Basu
Jorge del Rosario
Sunspot Observations (1,000 observations)
Jose Carvajal Martinez
Dean Chantiles
Kandilli Observatory
Sunspot Observations (1,500 observations)
Jay Miller
Dan Vidican
Sunspot Observations (2,000 observations)
Jose Berdejo
Sunspot Observations (2,500 observations)
Gerald Dyck
Sunspot Observations (3,000 observations)
Javier Ruiz Fernandez
Sunspot Observations (3,500 observations)
A. Gonzalo Beltran
John Kaplan
Jim Knight
Gerd-Lutz Schott
Piotr Urbanski
Sunspot Observations (4,000 observations)
Ervin Fleming
Miyoshi Suzuki
Sunspot Observations (4,500 observations)
Gema Araujo
Sunspot Observations (5,000 observations)
Brenda Branchett
German Morales
SID Reports
Ralph Rogge
Igor Ryumshin
Rod Green
Jan Karlovsky
Radovan Mrllak
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting in Woburn, MA, November 8, 2014)
Sunspot Observers (500 observations)
Alexandre Amorim
Salvador Aguirre
John A. Blackwell
Raffaello Braga
Alexandru Burda
Dean Chantiles
Jose Carvajal
Frank Dempsey
Fredirico Luiz Funari
Brian Halls
Mark Harris
Krystyna Wirkus
Thomas Jeffrey
Kandilli Observatory
Kristine Larsen
John McCammon
George Mudry
Andries Son
George Stefanopoulis
Sunspot Observers (1,000 observations)
Jan Alvestad
Rodney Howe
Brian Gordon-States
Larry Krozel
Sunspot Observers (1,500 observations)
J. Alonso
Laurent Corp
Sunspot Observers (2,000 observations)
Howard Barnes
Kim Hay
Sunspot Observers (2,500 observations)
IPS Observatory
Sunspot Observers (3,500 observations)
Franky Dubois
K. Fujimori
Michael Moeller
William M. Wilson
Sunspot Observers (4,000 observations)
Gema Araujo
Robert Brown
Brian Cudnik
David Teske
Sunspot Observers (4,500 observations)
Brenda Branchett
SID Reports
Klemen Cotar
Jon Wallace
Alexander McWilliams
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting in Woburn, MA, October 12, 2013)
Sunspot Observers (1,000 observations)
Timothy Hrutkay
Enrico Mariani
Sunspot Observers (1,500 observations)
Clyde Simpson
Sunspot Observers (2,000 observations)
Gerald Dyck
Sunspot Observers (2,500 observations)
Michael Boschat
Monty Leventhal
Sunspot Observers (3,000 observations)
Franky Dubois
James Knight and Shirley Knight
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Gerd-Lutz Schott
Piotr Urbanski
A. Gonzalo Vargas
Sunspot Observers (3,500 observations)
Robert Brown
Tom Fleming
Miyoshi Suzuki
Sunspot Observers (4,500 observations)
German Morales Chavez
SID Reports
Roberto Battaiola
Francois Steyn
Frank Adamson
Susan Oatney
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 101st Annual Meeting in Woburn, MA, November 2, 2012)
Sunspot Observers (3,000 observations)
Thomas Fleming
SID Reports
Jean-Pierre Godet, France
Lionel Loudet, France
AAVSO Solar Observer Awards (presented at the 100th Annual Meeting in Woburn, MA, October 8, 2011)
Sunspot Observers (1,000 observations)
(name, observer initials, country)
J. Alonso (AJV), Spain
R. Battaiola (BATR), Italy
Ray Berg (BEB), USA
J. Berdejo (BERJ), Spain
D. Branchett (BRAD), USA
A. Buck (BVC), Isle of Man
J. Carlson (CARJ), USA
Laurent Corp (CLZ), France
Thomas Compton (COMT), USA
Jacques van Delft (DEJV)
Jean Dragesco (DRAJ), France
Richard Giovanoni (GIOR), USA
David W. James (JAMD), USA
Jose Lirriba (LARJ)
Michel Lerman (LERM)
Jay Miller (MILJ), USA
Susan Oatney (OATS), USA
Clyde Simpson (SIMC), USA
Javier Temprano (TVJ), Spain
Daniel Vidican (VIDD), Romania
Sunspot Observers (1,500 observations)
Biswajit Bose (BOSB), India
Gerald Dyck (DGP), USA
Kim Hay (HAYK), Canada
IPS Observatory (OBSO), Australia
H. Takuma (TAKH), Japan
Sunspot Observers (2000 observations)
Javier Ruiz Fernandez (FERJ), Spain
Monty Leventhal (LEVM), USA
Arthur Ritchie (RITA), USA
Gerhard Stemmler (STEM), Germany
Sunspot Observers (2,500 observations)
Robert Branch (BRAR), USA
Franky Dubois (DUBF), Belgium
K. Fujimori (FUJK), Japan
John Kaplan (KAPJ), USA
James & Shirley Knight (KNJS), South Africa
Javier Jarboles Maranon (MARJ), Spain
Etsuiku Mochizuki (MCE), Japan
Michael Moeller (MMI), Germany
E.C. Richardson (RICE), England
Gerd-Lutz Schott (SCGL), Germany
Nick Stoikidis (STQ), Greece
A. Gonzalo Vargas (VARG), Bolivia
William M. Wilson (WILW), USA
Hulya Yesilyaprak (YESH), Turkey
Sunspot Observers (3,000 observations)
Gema Araujo (ARAG), Spain
Robert Brown (BROB), USA
Brian Cudnik (CKB), USA
Miyoshi Suzuki (SUZM), Japan
David Teske (TESD), USA
Sunspot Observers (3,500 observations)
Brenda Branchett (BRAB), USA
German Chavas Morales (CHAG), Bolivia
Sunspot Observers (5,000 observations)
Piotr Urbanski (URBP), Poland
SID Reports
Peter King, England
AAVSO 99th Annual Meeting, Woburn, Masachusetts, 2010
Sunspot Observations
none
SID Reports
François Steyn
AAVSO 98th Annual Meeting, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 2009
Sunspot Observations
Patrick Abbott
Howard Barnes
SID Reports
Roberto Battaiola
Andy Clerkin
Michael Hill
Michael King
Lionel Loudet
Jon Wallace
AAVSO 97th Annual Meeting, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 2008
Sunspot Observations
Mike Boschat
Mieczyslaw Szulc
IPS Observatory
SID Reports
Michael King
Paul Mortfield
AAVSO 96th Annual Meeting, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2007
Sunspot Observations
Franky Dubois
E. C. Richardson
Piotr Urbanski
A. Gonzala Vargas
SID Reports
Len A. Anderson
William Michael Hill
Jim Mandaville
Domenic Toldo
Jerome L. Winkler
AAVSO 95th Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts, 2006
Sunspot Observations
Gema Araujo
Javier Ruiz
Kenichi Fujimori
John Kaplan
James & Shirley Knight
Gerd-Lutz Schott
Gerhard Stemmler
Hitoshi Takuma
William M. Wilson
SID Reports
Paul Campbell
Nick Stoikidis (Larissa Observatory)
AAVSO 94th Annual Meeting, Newton, Massachusetts, 2005
Sunspot Observations
Biswajit Bose
Robert Brown
Brian Cudnik
Tom Fleming
Monty Leventhal
Etsuiku Mochizuki
Michael Moeller
Arthur Ritchie
Nick Stoikidis
Miyoshi Suzuki
David Teske
SID Reports
Peter King
Ted Poulos
Roberto Battaiola
Andrew Clerkin
François Steyn
Jon Wallace
AAVSO 93rd Annual Meeting, Waltham, Massachusetts, 2004
Sunspot Observations
Robert P. Branch
Brenda Branchett
Thomas A. Cragg
German Moralez Chavez
Javier Jarboles Maranon
SID Awards
Jerome L. Winkler
Danie Overbeek (awarded poshumously)
Dominic Toldo
James Ellerbe
Alex Panzer
Walter Moos
William Michael Hill
Michael King
Guglielmo DiFillipo
AAVSO 88th Annual Meeting, Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1999 (Solar Awards inaugurated)
Honor Awards
Thomas Cragg
Casper Hossfield
Herbert Luft(awarded posthumously)
Peter Taylor
Arthur Stokes
David Warshaw (awarded posthumously)
SID AND SUNSPOT AWARDS
James Ellerbe
Joseph Lawrence
Leonard Witkowski
SID AWARDS
Phil Del Vecchio, Pennsylvania
William Michael Hill, Massachusetts
Peter King, England
Meddy Landry, New Hampshire
Jim Mandaville, Arizona
Walter Moos, Switzerland
Daniel Overbeek, South Africa
Alex Panzer, Ohio
Norman Parker, California
Werner Scharlach, Arizona
Dominic Toldo, South Africa
Jerome Winkler, Texas
SUNSPOT AWARDS
Patrick Abbott, Canada
Eric Anderson, New York
Tamer Atac, Turkey
Gerald Atkinson, Massachusetts
Howard Banes, New Zealand
William Barton, England
Robeto Battaiola, Italy
Jose Berdejo, Spain
John Blackwell, New Hampshire
Michael Boschat, Canada
Biswajit Bose, India
Brenda Branchett, Florida
Robert Branch, California
James Carlson, Massachusetts
Carl Clemens, Pennsylvania
Brian Cudnik, Texas
Thomas Compton, Missouri
Gregory Conlin, Washington
Frank Dempsey, Canada
Gerald Dyck, Massachusetts
Jean Dragesco, France
Franky Dubois, Belgium
Gontran Eleizalde, Venezuala
Javier Ruiz Fernandez, Spain
Nicolas Fleming, Argentina
Enrique Galvez Ferreyros, Peru
Mauro Oscar Gallo, Argentina
Richard Giovanoni, Maryland
Steve Gottschalk, Iowa
Marcelo Gundlach, Bolivia
Brian Halls, England
Kim Hay, Canada
Timothy Hrutkay, Pennsylvania
Jose Oporto Ibanez Spain
Jan Janssens Texas
Javier Jarboles Spain
Thomas Jeffrey California
Jamey Jenkins Illinois
John Kaplan Minnesota
Jim Knight South Africa
Attila Kosa-Kiss Romania
Michel Lerman Canada
Monty Leventhal Australia
Gennaro Lopriore Massachusetts
Tom Lizak Rhode Island
Thomas Lubbers Minnesota
Todd Lohvinenko Canada
Kjell Inge Malde Norway
Enrico Mariani Italy
Etsuiku Mochizuki Japan
Larry McHenry Pennsylvania
Jay Miller Maryland
Michael Moeller Germany
German Morales Bolivia
George Mudry Canada
Nigel Prestage Australia
Thomas Randall New York
E. C. Richardson England
Jim Ramsey Arkansas
Sharon Ramsey Arkansas
Gerd-Lutz Schott Germany
Gregg Scholl New York
Clyde Simpson Ohio
Robert Spellman California
George Stefanopoulos Greece
Gerhard Stemmler Germany
Nick Stoikidis Greece
Miyoshi Suzuki Japan
Hitoshi Takuma Japan
David Teske Missouri
Raymond Thompson Canada
Gonzalo Vargas Bolivia
Carlos Vazquez Argentina
Matthew Whitehouse Missouri
William Wilson Tennessee
Kenneth Watts California
Hulya Yeshilyaprak Turkey