AAVSO 98th Spring Meeting, Northwoods Resort, Big Bear Lake, California, May 19 - 21, 2009
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2008
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
OVER 150,000 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS*
Gary Poyner England 1991-2008 158,493
OVER 100,000 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS*
Edward A. Halbach USA 1934-2005 100,016
Presented to him on the occasion of his 100th birthday, April 4, 2009
OVER 25,000 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS*
Pavol A. Dubovsky Slovakia 1999-2008 44,201
Alan Plummer Australia 2001-2008 28,263
* Eric Morillon France 1988-2008 27,228
^ Hubert Hautecler Belgium 1999-2008 26,356
Thomas Lazuka USA 1983-2008 25,316
OVER 10,000 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS*
= Tomas Gomez Spain 1985-2008 12,417
$ Vyacheslav M. Ivanov Russia 1998-2008 11,921
Erhan Eker Turkey 2000-2008 10,808
@ Peter Maurer Germany 1993-2008 10,276
Tim Parson USA 2000-2008 10,141
OVER 350,000 CCD/PEP OBSERVATIONS*
% Christopher T. Middleton South Africa 2004-2008 375,784 CCD
OVER 200,000 CCD/PEP OBSERVATIONS*
Robert A. James USA 1953-2008 201,365 CCD
OVER 150,000 CCD/PEP OBSERVATIONS*
^ Tonny Vanmunster Belgium 1976-2008 150,686 CCD
OVER 100,000 CCD/PEP OBSERVATIONS*
^ Bart Staels Belgium 1994-2008 129,035 CCD
Giorgio Di Scala Australia 2004-2008 101,276 CCD
OVER 50,000 CCD/PEP OBSERVATIONS*
Ray E. Tomlin USA 2006-2008 79,734 CCD
< David Boyd England 2003-2008 68,586 CCD
Steve Brady USA 2004-2008 63,440 CCD
OVER 25,000 CCD/PEP OBSERVATIONS*
Jerry Bialozynski USA 2004-2008 48,320 CCD
< Jeremy Shears England 2004-2008 29,497 CCD
OVER 10,000 CCD/PEP OBSERVATIONS*
Rudy Poklar USA 2001-2008 17,559 CCD
James M. Roe USA 1972-2008 16,719 CCD
* Etienne Morelle France 2005-2008 16,501 CCD
Andrezej Arminski Poland 2002-2008 13,310 CCD
Carlo Gualdoni Italy 1983-2008 11,391 CCD
Teofilo Arranz Spain 2005-2008 10,223 CCD
OVER 2,500 PEP OBSERVATIONS*
Nik Stoikidis Greece 1974-2008 2,517 PEP
* Years include total AAVSO observing interval (not only PEP/CCD observing).
Total includes only visual or PEP/CCD observations, depending on award.
These symbols indicate observers are also affiliated with the groups below:
* Association Francaise des Observateurs d'Etoiles Variables (AFOEV)
$ Association of Variable Star Observers "Pleione" (Russia)
% Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Variable Star Section
< British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section
@ Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Veranderliche Sterne e.V. (BAV)
(Germany)
= Madrid Astronomical Association M1 (Spain)
+ Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section
^ Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium)