AAVSO 91st Spring Meeting, Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii, July 6, 2002
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2001
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 50,000 Observations
Richard W. Schmude, Jr. USA 1994–2001 50,334
Over 25,000 Observations
Eddy Muyllaert 05 Belgium 1985–2001 28,502
Frederick R. West USA 1977–2001 25,346
Over 10,000 Observations
Michael A. Simonsen USA 1998–2001 13,531
Andrew Pearce 14 Australia 1989–2001 13,252
Peter Williams 14 Australia 1988–2001 10,481
Erhan Eker Turkey 1999–2001 10,453
Thorsten Lange 02 Germany 1994–2001 10,349
Alfred Holbe 02 Germany 1995–2001 10,298
Over 25,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Lewis M. Cook USA 1974–2001 30,596 CCD
Over 10,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Gerard Samolyk USA 1975–2001 14,387 CCD
Over 5,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Shawn W. Dvorak USA 1981–2001 7,074 CCD
Over 2,500 PEP/CCD Observations*
Donn Ray Starkey USA 2000–2001 4,756 CCD
Christopher W. Hesseltine USA 1975–2001 3,576 CCD
Ladislav Smelcer Czech Republic 1994–2001 3,391 CCD
Robert A. James USA 1953–2001 3,076 CCD
Arto Oksanen Finland 2000–2001 2,504 CCD
Over 1,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Charles Pullen USA 1998–2001 2,409 CCD
Marko Moilanen Finland 2000–2001 1,507 CCD
Timothy Hager USA 1985–2001 1,130 CCD
Orhan Golbasi Turkey 2000–2001 1,019 CCD
Nik Stoikidis Greece 1974–2001 1,001 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)
05 Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium)
14 Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section