AAVSO 104th Spring Meeting, Muncie, Indiana, June 4-6, 2015
Variable Star Observer Awards recognizing milestones through September 2014
Award/Recipient Affiliation* Country/State Interval Total
Over 200,000 Visual Observations*
Gary Poyner 20 England 1991-2014 201,083
Over 175,000 Visual Observations*
Warren C. Morrison Canada 1975-2014 176,222
Over 150,000 Visual Observations*
Peter Williams 29 Australia 1988-2014 154,931
Over 75,000 Visual Observations*
Alfredo Glez-Herrera Spain 1990-2014 75,437
Over 25,000 Visual Observations*
Tibor Asztalos 03 Hungary 2003-2014 27,955
Brian Cudnik USA 1993-2014 25,158
Alexandre Amorim 36 Brazil 2000-2014 25,003
Over 10,000 Visual Observations*
Tony Markham 20 England 2009-2014 13,341
Balazs Bago 03 Hungary 1986-2014 12,868
Alexandr S. Maidik Ukraine 1998-2014 11,857
Carey Chiselbrook USA 2004-2014 11,681
Dean Chantiles USA 1970-2014 10,250
Marcin P. Rzepka Poland 1992-2014 10,038
Over 5,000 Visual Observations*
David L. Blane 10 South Africa 1978-2014 8,156
Bruno Billiaert 05 Belgium 1998-2014 6,425
Klaus Wenzel 02 Germany 2004-2014 5,698
Richard Campbell USA 1989-2014 5,554
Sebastian A. Otero Argentina 1998-2014 5,469
Jean-Jacques Castellani01 France 2001-2014 5,329
Eigil Pedersen 11 Denmark 1977-2014 5,298
Matthias Schubert 02 Germany 2003-2014 5,173
Over 1,000 Visual Observations*
Jon F. M. Brandie China 2011-2014 3,678
Pere Closas Spain 1985-2014 1,785
Andreas Abe 02 Germany 2001-2014 1,523
Paul J. Camilleri Australia 1990-2014 1,316
David Scanlan England 2005-2014 1,015
Over 100 Visual Observations*
Andrzej Balcerek Poland 1999-2014 507
Gabor Zvara 03 Hungary 2011-2014 466
Jordi Marco Spain 2014-2014 390
Edward Sawyer Canada 2014-2014 334
Marcin Biskupski Poland 2014-2014 194
Matthew Zbrudzewski USA 2013-2014 184
Timothy J. Kostelecky USA 2013-2014 178
Erhan Ozturk Turkey 2009-2014 176
Bernd Schwarz 02 Germany 2013-2014 157
Gary L. Wood USA 2006-2014 119
Duane A. Dedrickson USA 2013-2014 117
Manuel Talero Spain 2012-2014 116
Gianluca Paone Italy 2013-2014 115
Ivan Shpalau Belarus 2014-2014 115
Balazs Fodor 03 Hungary 2004-2014 111
Michael Geldorp 04 Netherlands 2000-2014 103
Takeshi Soejima Japan 2009-2014 101
Stephen A. Tzikas USA 2013-2014 101
Raffaello Braga Italy 2010-2014 100
Over 300,000 CCD Observations*
Gerard Samolyk USA 1975-2014 357,195
Over 200,000 CCD Observations*
Teofilo Arranz Spain 2005-2014 235,590
James L. Jones USA 2003-2014 227,203
Over 100,000 CCD Observations*
David Cejudo Fernandez Spain 2010-2014 135,359
Joseph H. Ulowetz USA 2010-2014 119,020
Colin Littlefield USA 2009-2014 100,752
Pierre de Ponthiere 05 Belgium 2003-2014 100,352
Over 50,000 CCD Observations*
Dale Mais USA 2003-2014 82,351
Timo J. Kantola Finland 2009-2014 62,641
Gordon Myers USA 2007-2014 56,109
Yenal Ogmen North Cyprus 2004-2014 55,252
Over 10,000 CCD Observations*
Jonathan Powles 29 Australia 2013-2014 21,909
Michael J. Cook Canada 2010-2014 20,057
James B. McMath USA 1992-2014 13,044
Ivan Sergey Belarus 2004-2014 11,831
Jeroen Van Wassenhove 05 Belgium 1983-2014 10,710
Over 1,000 CCD Observations*
John J. Ott USA 1998-2014 9,750
Paul Benni USA 2014-2014 7,593
Anthony E. Rodda England 2012-2014 4,893
Donald F. Collins USA 2006-2014 4,527
Joe Garlitz USA 2002-2014 4,165
John A. Blackwell USA 1986-2014 4,069
James G. Cottle USA 2013-2014 2,948
Joao Rui Givelho A. Correia Portugal 2014-2014 2,899
Fanie De Villiers 10 South Africa 1992-2014 2,610
Tonis Eenmae Estonia 2014-2014 2,593
Velimir Popov Bulgaria 2013-2014 2,494
Diego Rodriguez Perez 06 Spain 1989-2014 2,242
Douglas E. Barrett France 2007-2014 1,961
Jean Francois Coliac France 2007-2014 1,750
Iakovos Marios Strikis Greece 2013-2014 1,471
Ramon N. Naves Spain 2013-2014 1,417
Richard H. Stanton USA 1959-2014 1,344
Robert B. Jenkins 34 Australia 2013-2014 1,228
Maarten Vanleenhove 05 Belgium 2014-2014 1,024
John C. Martin USA 2013-2014 1,018
Bradley S. Walter USA 2002-2014 1,013
Over 2,500 PEP Observations*
Gerald Persha USA 2013-2014 2,928
Over 100 PEP Observations*
Glenn M. Thurman USA 2014-2014 293
Tom Calderwood USA 2013-2014 167
Over 1,000 DSLR Observations*
Neil Butterworth Australia 2002-2014 3,094
Thomas Karlsson 19 Sweden 2010-2014 2,092
Roy A. Axelsen Australia 2001-2014 1,588
Tiziano Colombo Italy 1970-2014 1,095
Over 500 DSLR Observations*
Giuseppe Frustaci 18 Italy 2010-2014 935
Penko G. Jordanov Bulgaria 2009-2014 915
Over 100 DSLR Observations*
Erik Wischnewski 02 Germany 2014-2014 469
Roger Pieri France 2009-2014 442
Steven Sharpe Canada 1973-2014 322
Michael P. Durkin USA 2009-2014 116
Over 1,000 Visual Observations from Digital Image Observations*
Ivan S. Bryukhanov 16 Belarus 2013-2014 1,341
Over 500 Visual Observations from Digital Image Observations*
Robert J. Kaufman Australia 2007-2014 921
* Years include total AAVSO observing interval (not only PEP/CCD observing).
Total includes only visual or PEP/CCD observations, depending on award.
A number preceding a name indicates observer is also affiliated with the group below:
01 Association Française des Observateurs d'Étoiles Variables
02 Bundesdeutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Veränderliche Sterne e.V.(Germany)
03 Magyar Csillagászati Egyesület, Valtozócsillag Szakcsoport (Hungary)
04 Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging Voor Weer-en Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Netherlands)
05 Vereniging Voor Sterrenkunde, Werkgroep Veranderlijke Sterren (Belgium)
06 Madrid Astronomical Association M1 (Spain)
10 Astronomical Society of Southern Africa, Variable Star Section
11 Astronomisk Selskab (Denmark)
16 Association of Variable Star Observers - Pleione (Russia)
18 Unione Astrofili Italiani (Italy)
19 Svensk Amator Astronomisk Forening, variabelsektionen (Sweden)
20 British Astronomical Association, Variable Star Section
29 Variable Stars South
34 Astronomical Society of South Australia
36 Nucleo de Estudo e Observacao Astronomica - Jose Brazilicio de Souza (Florianopolis, Brazil)