AAVSO 92nd Spring Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, April 23–26, 2003
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2002
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 100,000 Observations
Gerard Samolyk USA 1975–2002 105,272
Over 50,000 Observations
Rod Stubbings Australia 1997–2002 55,053
Jean Gunther 01 France 1981–2002 52,239
Over 25,000 Observations
Maciej Reszelski Poland 2000–2002 38,318
Libert A. G. Monard 10 South Africa 1992–2002 29,480
Ronald E. Zissell USA 1985–2002 27,871
Miroslav A. Komorous Canada 1976–2002 27,034
James Molnar USA 1966–2002 26,459
Christopher Stephan USA 1973–2002 26,424
Andrei Sajtz Romania 1987–2002 25,030
Over 10,000 Observations
Shawn W. Dvorak USA 1981–2002 23,529
Christopher Jones 20 England 1999–2002 11,640
Guy M. Hurst 20 England 1974–2002 11,365
Joerg Neumann 02 Germany 1993–2002 11,121
Daniel B. Taylor Canada 1987–2002 10,600
Donn Ray Starkey USA 2001–2002 10,226
Michel Dumont 01 France 1983–2002 10,182
Hazel McGee 20 England 1998–2002 10,059
Over 25,000 Observations PEP or CCD Observations*
Gerard Samolyk USA 1975–2002 25,041 CCD
Over 10,000 PEP or CCD Observations*
Shawn W. Dvorak USA 1981–2002 16,993 CCD
Gilbert C. Lubcke USA 1966–2002 12,025 CCD
Roger Diethelm Switzerland 1966–2002 10,988 CCD
Donn Ray Starkey USA 2001–2002 10,226 CCD
Over 5,000 PEP or CCD Observations*
Andy Howell USA 1964–2002 8,813 CCD
Robert A. James USA 1953–2002 7,498 CCD
Ladislav Smelcer Czech Republic 1995–2002 7,401 CCD
Thomas J. Richards Australia 1992–2002 6,303 CCD
Arto Oksanen 17 Finland 2001–2002 5,493 CCD
Charles W. Robertson USA 2001–2002 5,442 CCD
Over 2,500 PEP or CCD Observations*
Michael Koppelman USA 2001–2002 2,522 CCD
Over 1,000 PEP or CCD Observations*
Gary Walker USA 1994–2002 1,522 CCD
Keith A. Graham USA 1981–2002 1,448 CCD
Jerry Doug West USA 1987–2002 1,421 CCD
Frank L. Scheder USA 2000–2002 1,379 CCD
* Years include total AAVSO observing interval (not only PEP or 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:
01 Association Française des Observateurs d’Etoiles Variables (AFOEV)
02 Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V. (BAV) (Germany)
10 Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Variable Star Section
17 URSA Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (Finland)
20 British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section