AAVSO 97th Spring Meeting, Cambridge, England, April 13, 2008
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2007
Award/recipient Affiliation* Country Interval Total
Over 250,000 Visual Observations*
Albert F. Jones 14 New Zealand 1960-2007 277,351
Over 150,000 Visual Observations*
Paul Vedrenne 01 France 1978-2007 152,455
Over 100,000 Visual Observations*
Peter Williams 14 Australia 1989-2007 102,130
Eddy Muyllaert 05 Belgium 1986-2007 100,073
Over 50,000 Visual Observations*
Alexander W. Roberts South Africa 1894-1920 66,374 (historical data)
Gordon C. Herdman 14 New Zealand 1989-2007 53,116
Over 25,000 Visual Observations*
N. W. Taylor 14 Australia 1989-2007 49,094
O. R. Hull 14 New Zealand 1989-2007 43,475
Barry Menzies 14 New Zealand 2007-2007 31,741
Hiroshi Matsuyama Japan 1978-2007 29,030
W. Goltz Australia 1989-2007 28,326
George Stefanopoulos Greece 1970-2007 25,376
Frans R. Van Loo 05 Belgium 1976-2007 25,298
Over 10,000 Visual Observations*
Franck Gobet France 2003-2007 14,840
George Vithoulkas Greece 1999-2007 11,550
Emilian Skrzynecki Poland 2002-2007 10,969
Tomasz Krzyt Poland 1997-2007 10,777
Daniel P. Loring USA 1965-2007 10,338
Over 250,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Christopher T. Middleton South Africa 2004-2007 265,227 CCD
Over 150,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Libert A. G. Monard 10 South Africa 1992-2007 167,834 CCD
Gerard Samolyk USA 1975-2007 175,474 CCD
Robert A. James USA 1953-2007 163,412 CCD
Vance Petriew 27 Canada 2001-2007 152,111 CCD
Over 100,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Shawn W. Dvorak USA 1981-2007 109,418 CCD
Over 50,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Giorgio Di Scala Australia 2004-2007 60,764 CCD
Timothy Crawford USA 2001-2007 56,669 CCD
Neil D. Butterworth Australia 2002-2007 50,283 CCD
Over 25,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Thomas Krajci USA 2002-2007 38,873 CCD
Arto Oksanen 17 Finland 2001-2007 36,024 CCD
James L. Jones USA 2003-2007 34,571 CCD
Robert Koff USA 2003-2007 27,243 CCD
Keith A. Graham USA 1981-2007 25,242 CCD
Pierre De Ponthiere Belgium 2003-2007 25,090 CCD
Over 10,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
Jerry Bialozynski USA 2004-2007 22,652 CCD
Ray E. Tomlin USA 2006-2007 19,685 CCD
Jeremy Shears England 2004-2007 16,564 CCD
Patrick Wiggins USA 2000-2007 15,122 CCD
Michael Koppelman USA 2001-2007 12,194 CCD
Martin Nicholson England 2004-2007 11,732 CCD
Over 1,000 CCD/PEP Observations*
James H. Fox USA 1999-2007 1,064 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:
01 Association Francaise des Observateurs d'Étoiles Variables (AFOEV)
05 Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium)
10 Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Variable Star Section
14 Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section
17 URSA Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (Finland)
27 Royal Astronomical Society of Canada