AAVSO 86th Spring Meeting, Sion and St. Luc, Switzerland, May 28, 1997
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 1996
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 200,000 Observations
M. Daniel Overbeek 10 South Africa 1952–1996 236,418
Over 50,000 Observations
Hendrik Feijth 04 Netherlands 1981–1996 52,267
Over 25,000 Observations
Laszlo Szentasko 03 Hungary 1988–1996 30,643
Gary Poyner England 1990–1996 29,588
Tonny Vanmunster 05 Belgium 1976–1996 28,013
Stephen P. Cook USA 1965–1996 25,683
Glenn F. Chaple, Jr. USA 1980–1996 25,109
Over 10,000 Observations
Richard W. Schmude, Jr. USA 1994–1996 13,082
Gilbert C. Lubcke USA 1966–1996 11,590
Sei-Ichi Sakuma Japan 1984–1996 10,466
Gene A. Hanson, II USA 1980–1996 10,429
Robert J. Modic USA 1993–1996 10,248
Over 5,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Stephen P. Cook USA 1965–1996 7,573 CCD
Ronald E. Zissell USA 1985–1996 5,882 CCD/PEP
Over 2,500 PEP/CCD Observations*
Raymond R. Thompson Canada 1962–1996 3,002 PEP
Over 1,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Gilbert C. Lubcke USA 1966–1996 2,220 CCD
Roger Diethelm Switzerland 1966–1996 1,232 CCD/PEP
* 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)
10 Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Variable Star Section