AAVSO 96th Spring Meeting, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, July 1, 2007
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2006
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 150,000 Visual Observations*
Gerald P. Dyck USA 1978–2006 152,754
Over 50,000 Visual Observations*
Peter Williams 14 Australia 1989–2006 53,563
Michael A. Simonsen USA 1999–2006 52,028
Over 25,000 Visual Observations*
Csaba Hadhazi 03 Hungary 1990–2006 25,642
David B. Williams USA 1962–2006 25,502
Over 10,000 Visual Observations*
Giancarlo Gotta 18 Italy 2003–2006 16,264
Alan Plummer Australia 2001–2006 14,373
Jose Rodrigues Ribeiro Portugal 2000–2006 14,130
Ana Paula da Silva Correia Portugal 2000–2006 14,099
Pavel A. Dubovsky Slovakia 1999–2006 11,214
Robert J. Stine USA 1964–2006 10,553
Michael Linnolt USA 2000–2006 10,166
Over 100,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Christopher T. Middleton South Africa 2004–2006 140,929 CCD
Vance Petriew 27 Canada 2001–2006 119,147 CCD
Robert A. James USA 1953–2006 117,415 CCD
Tonny Vanmunster 05 Belgium 1976–2006 107,399 CCD
Over 50,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Richard J. Huziak 27 Canada 1980–2006 60,041 CCD
Over 25,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Timothy Crawford USA 2001–2006 41,095 CCD
William Goff USA 1981–2006 40,380 CCD
David Boyd 20 England 2003–2006 34,466 CCD
Thomas J. Richards 14 Australia 1992–2006 29,882 CCD
Bart Staels 05 Belgium 1994–2006 28,598 CCD
Over 10,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Thomas Krajci USA 2002–2006 23,519 CCD
Geir Klingenberg 08 Norway 2003–2006 16,542 CCD
Andy Howell USA 1964–2006 14,297 CCD
Keith A. Graham USA 1981–2006 13,135 CCD
Walter MacDonald, II Canada 1982–2006 12,786 CCD
Gary Walker USA 1994–2006 11,781 CCD
Pierre de Ponthiere Belgium 2003–2006 11,059 CCD
Steve Brady USA 2004–2006 10,776 CCD
Over 2,500 PEP Observations*
Auckland Photometry
Observing Group
(Stan Walker) New Zealand 2006–2006 4,380 PEP
* Years include total AAVSO observing interval (not only PEP/CCD observing).
Total includes only visual or PEP/CCD observations, depending on award.
These symbols indicate observers are also affiliated with the groups below:
03 Magyar Csillagàszati Egyesület, Valtózocsillag Szakcsoport (Hungary)
05 Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium)
08 Norwegian Astronomical Society, Variable Star Section
14 Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section
18 Unione Astrofili Italiani (Italy)
20 British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section
27 Royal Astronomical Society of Canada