Presented at the 94th Spring Meeting, Las Cruces, New Mexico, March 26, 2005
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2004
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 100,000 Observations
Lewis M. Cook USA 1974-2004 121,326
Over 50,000 Observations
Eddy Muyllaert 05 Belgium 1986-2004 64,774
Tonny Vanmunster 05 Belgium 1976-2004 54,744
Frank Vohla 02 Germany 1990-2004 52,897
Harald Marx 02 Germany 1969-2004 50,891
Attila Kosa-Kiss 03 Romania 1976-2004 50,798
Sandor Papp 03 Hungary 1983-2004 50,410
Over 10,000 Observations
Neil D. Butterworth Australia 2002-2004 18,351
Thomas J. Richards 14 Australia 1992-2004 15,166
Eric Morillon 01 France 1988-2004 12,101
Wolfgang Kriebel 02 Germany 1989-2004 11,866
Istvan Kovacs 03 Hungary 1981-2004 10,834
Christopher W. Hesseltine USA 1975-2004 10,710
Alexandre Amorim 13 Brazil 2000-2004 10,250
Erwin Van Ballegoij 04 Netherlands 1984-2004 10,228
Tom Kracji USA 2002-2004 10,207
Etsuiku Mochizuki Japan 1964-2004 10,000
Over 100,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Lewis M. Cook USA 1974-2004 114,956 CCD
Over 50,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Gerard Samolyk USA 1975-2004 50,182 CCD
Over 25,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Shawn W. Dvorak USA 1981-2004 31,771 CCD
Tonny Vanmunster 05 Belgium 1976-2004 25,080 CCD
Robert A. James USA 1953-2004 25,078 CCD
Over 10,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Neil D. Butterworth Australia 2002-2004 18,351 CCD
Thomas J. Richards 14 Australia 2004-2004 15,091 CCD
Over 5,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Tom Krajci USA 2002-2004 8,112 CCD
Michael Koppelman USA 2001-2002 5,116 CCD
Over 2,500 PEP/CCD Observations*
David Boyd 20 England 2003-2004 4,661 CCD
David P. Messier USA 2003-2004 4,165 CCD
Keith A. Graham USA 1981-2002 3,875 CCD
Mark J. Munkacsy USA 1997-2003 3,519 CCD
Charles Pullen USA 1999-2002 3,480 CCD
Gary Walker USA 1994-2002 2,786 CCD
Over 1,000 PEP/CCD Observations*
Liebert (Berto) Monard 10 South Africa 1992-2004 2,668 CCD
Alexandru Corlan Romania 2001-2004 2,420 CCD
Radu Corlan Romania 2001-2004 2,405 CCD
Walter J. MacDonald II Canada 1982-2004 2,267 CCD
Michael Nicholas USA 2001-2004 1,818 CCD
Stephen E. Robinson USA 2001-2004 1,813 CCD
Scott Jamieson USA 2001-2004 1,434 CCD
Bernard Heathcote Australia 2002-2004 1,366 CCD
William J. Aquino USA 2000-2004 1,348 CCD
Arne A. Henden USA 2000-2004 1,291 CCD
Gary W. Billings Canada 2000-2004 1,266 CCD
Bruce L. Gary USA 2001-2004 1,249 CCD
Ronald R. Royer USA 1954-2004 1,035 CCD
* Years include total AAVSO observing interval (not only PEP/CCD observing).
Total includes PEP and/or CCD observations only (not observer’s visual contribuitons).
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)
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
13 Brazilian Observational Network REA
14 Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section
20 British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section