AAVSO 103rd Spring Meeting, Ontario, California, June 12-14, 2014
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2013
Award/Recipient Affiliation* Country/State Interval Total
Over 75,000 Visual Observations*
Hiroshi Matsuyama Australia 1978-2013 84,597
Over 25,000 Visual Observations*
Barry B. Beaman USA 1964-2013 26,051
Over 10,000 Visual Observations*
Stephen R. Hovell New Zealand 14 2008-2013 11,891
Janos Bakos Hungary 03 2007-2013 11,242
David Swann USA 1991-2013 10,087
Over 5,000 Visual Observations*
Carey Chiselbrook USA 2004-2013 8,493
Carlos Labordena Spain 15 2001-2013 5,757
Thomas Karlsson Sweden 19 2008-2013 5,669
Peter Enskonatus Germany 01 1991-2013 5,281
Jon G. Moehlmann USA 2006-2013 5,189
Eric J. Blown New Zealand 2007-2013 5,167
Luigi Palazzi Italy 2007-2013 5,158
Over 1,000 Visual Observations*
Chris P. Maloney USA 2012-2013 2,669
Karsten Klindt-Jensen Norway 2011-2013 1,270
Alan J. Baldwin New Zealand 14 1965-2013 1,037
Over 100 Visual Observations*
Ivan S. Bryukhanov Belorus 16 2013-2013 535
Geng Zhao China 2012-2013 427
Alicia Capetillo Blanco Spain 2006-2013 413
Andrea Busato Italy 2012-2013 302
John H. McCammon USA 2012-2013 282
Thanasis F. Papadimitriou Greece 2012-2013 243
Juha M. K. Ojanpera Finland 2008-2013 206
Frederick A. Kazmierski USA 2012-2013 201
Klemen Cotar Slovenia 2011-2013 183
Yuankun Wang USA 2013-2013 170
Lukasz Siekielewski Poland 2012-2013 161
Adair Cardoso Brazil 36 2012-2013 135
Sherry Campbell Canada 2012-2013 133
Conan McCann USA 2012-2013 130
Janos Bacsa Hungary 03 2011-2013 125
Hans Coeckelberghs Belgium 05 1994-2013 121
David J. Benn Australia 2009-2013 120
Aexandru Garofide Romania 2012-2013 120
Artyom Novichonok Russia 2009-2013 119
Robert C. Wolpert USA 1981-2013 112
Longji Bing China 2010-2013 111
Victor Ruiz Ruiz Spain 07 1994-2013 110
Mark Suhovecky USA 2001-2013 109
John F. Briol USA 2012-2013 107
Dave Smales England 2013-2013 106
Ton Schoenmaker Netherlands 2007-2013 105
Christopher P. Mann England 20 2009-2013 103
Ronald E. Baker USA 2006-2013 103
Xin Sheng Chen China 2012-2013 102
Bjorn Mansdahl Sweden 2009-2013 100
Over 1 Million CCD Observations*
Franz-Josef Hambsch Belgium 05 2002-2013 1,057,501
Over 600,000 CCD Observations*
Robert A. James USA 1953-2013 601,520
Over 100,000 CCD Observations*
William Goff USA 1981-2013 117,774
Kenneth T. Menzies USA 1968-2013 111,556
Over 50,000 CCD Observations*
David Cejudo Fernandez Spain 2010-2013 71,585
Joseph H. Ulowetz USA 2010-2013 68,138
Roger D. Pickard England 20 2003-2013 58,292
Thomas J. Richards Australia 29 1967-2013 57,463
Alain Bruno France 01 1981-2013 55,348
Donn R. Starkey USA 2001-2013 53,983
George Sjoberg USA 2007-2013 51,636
Riccardo Furgoni Italy 2011-2013 50,051
Over 10,000 CCD Observations*
Leonid Tkachook Ukraine 2011-2013 24,940
Gordon E. Myers USA 2007-2013 19,107
Miguel Muro Serrano Spain 2012-2013 18,431
John W. Rock England 2012-2013 18,030
Charles L. R. Lemaire Germany 2011-2013 16,653
Stefano Padovan Spain 1973-2013 15,320
David J. Lane Canada 27 2003-2013 13,588
Michael Heald USA 2001-2013 11,633
Terrence C. Bohlsen Australia 29 2008-2013 11,523
Over 1,000 CCD Observations*
Michael J. Cook Canada 2010-2013 7,611
Ivan A. Curtis Australia 2012-2013 5,623
Pierre Hallsten Sweden 2012-2013 5,212
Vesa Tapio Kousa Spain 2012-2013 4,779
James B. McMath USA 1992-2013 4,668
Thibault de France France 2013-2013 4,367
Alfonso Carreno Spain 2012-2013 4,057
Thomas Wikander Sweden 19 2010-2013 3,075
David S. Conner England 2009-2013 2,388
John Centala USA 2002-2013 1,870
Helmar G. Adler USA 2013-2013 1,777
Maurice Audejean France 2011-2013 1,741
Kevin Hills England 2012-2013 1,573
Fabio A. Mariuzza Italy 18 2007-2013 1,558
Andras Timar Hungary 03 1992-2013 1,425
Paul Temple USA 1996-2013 1,375
Juan Herrero Canada 2012-2013 1,331
Petri Kehusmaa Finland 17 2007-2013 1,294
Tiziano Colombo Italy 2013-2013 1,280
Sergey Kuznetsov Russia 2004-2013 1,251
George A. Silvis USA 2007-2013 1,192
Francisco Soldan Alfarp Spain 2012-2013 1,173
Nick D. James England 2010-2013 1,102
Christopher Norris USA 2004-2013 1,060
Stefan Karge Germany 2006-2013 1,004
Over 100 PEP Observations*
Gerald Persha USA 2013-2013 953
Patrick Rochford USA 1991-2013 108
Roger Diethelm Switzerland 1966-2013 102
Over 500 DSLR Observations*
Tiziano Colombo Italy 1970-2013 635
Over 100 DSLR Observations*
Giuseppe M. Bertani Italy 18 2012-2013 354
Richard Biernikowicz Poland 2011-2013 328
Neil Butterworth Australia 29 2002-2013 325
Penko G. Jordanov Bulgaria 2009-2013 300
Giuseppe Frustaci Italy 18 2010-2013 238
Glen J. Schrader Australia 2009-2013 153
Heinz-Bernd Eggenstein Germany 2009-2013 142
* Years include total AAVSO observing interval (not only PEP/CCD/DSLR observing).
Total includes only visual or PEP/CCD/DSLR observations, depending on award.
These symbols indicate observers are also affiliated with the groups below:
15 Agrupacion Astronomica de Sabadell (Spain)
07 Asociacion de Variabilistas de Espagne (Spain)
01 Association Francaise des Observateurs d'Etoiles Variables (AFOEV)
16 Association of Variable Star Observers - Pleione (Russia)
20 British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section
03 Magyar Csillagaszati Egyesulet, Valtozocsillag Szakcsoport (Hungary)
36 Nucleo de Estudo e Observacao Astronomica - Jose Brazilicio de Souza
(Florianopolis, Brazil)
27 Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
14 Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand, Variable Star Section
19 Svensk Amator Astronomisk Forening, variabelsektionen (Sweden)
18 Unione Astrofili Italiani (Italy)
17 URSA Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section (Finland)
29 Variable Stars South
05 Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium)