AAVSO 89th Spring Meeting, Huntsville, Alabama, April 15, 2000
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 1999
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 100,000 Observations
Warren C. Morrison Canada 1975–99 105,271
Over 50,000 Observations
Jose Ripero Osorio 06 Spain 1978–99 50,941
Over 25,000 Observations
George Mavrofridis Greece 1975–99 26,457
Yasuo Hirasawa Japan 1970–99 25,795
Robert J. Stewart USA 1971–99 25,424
Over 10,000 Observations
Stanislaw Swierczynski Poland 1990–99 13,336
Oskar A. Deren Poland 1988–99 11,620
Raymond Berg USA 1956–99 11,010
Christoph Gerber Germany 1982–99 10,848
Richard Huziak Canada 1980–99 10,740
Laszlo Kiss 03 Hungary 1991–99 10,663
Hartmut Goldhahn 02 Germany 1989–99 10,561
Stephen D. O'Connor Canada 1972–99 10,311
Sandro Baroni 18 Italy 1977–99 10,308
Csaba Hadhazi 03 Hungary 1989–99 10,071
Eddy Muyllaert 05 Belgium 1985–99 10,065
Antal Kocsis 03 Hungary 1976–99 10,044
Over 5,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Raymond R. Thompson Canada 1962–99 5,031 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:
02 Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V. (BAV) (Germany)
03 Magyar Csillagàszati Egyesület, Valtózocsillag Szakcsoport (Hungary)
05 Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium)
06 Madird Astronomical Association M1 (Spain)
18 Unione Astrofili Italiani (Italy)