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Gordon Myers Amateur Achievement Award
Awarded forSignificant contributions to astronomy or amateur astronomy
Presented byAstronomical Society of the Pacific
First award1979
Websiteastrosociety.org

TheGordon Myers Amateur Achievement Award, known until 2018 as theAmateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, is one of nine annual astronomical awards managed by theAstronomical Society of the Pacific. It recognizes "significant contributions toastronomy oramateur astronomy by those not employed in the field of astronomy in a professional capacity."[1] The contributions can be done in the fields of bothobservational astronomy or astronomical technologies.[2] The award has been given to amateur astronomers from various countries since 1979 and has become one of the most geographically diverse astronomical awards.[3]

Award winners receive acommemorative plaque, which is presented at the Annual Meeting Awards Banquet. The monetary value of the award is US$500. Candidates can be nominated by any member of the astronomical community (with the exception of the nominees themselves and their families) and the nominations should be accompanied by other letters of support. All the nominations have to be delivered to the Astronomical Society of the Pacific by December 15 of the nominating year and remain valid for three years. The winners are selected by the Awards Committee appointed by the Board of Directors. The committee have the right not to award any of the nominees if they do not consider their achievements exceptional enough,[1] which has already happened several times.[4]

Winners

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Recipients of the award have been:[5]

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David Levy, the 1993 awardee
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Nik Szymanek, the 2004 awardee
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Kamil Hornoch, the 2006 awardee
YearNameNationalityFieldNotes
1979James McMahonUnited StatesOccultations[3]
1980Frank BatesonNew ZealandVariable stars[6]
1981George AlcockUnited KingdomNovae/Comets[7]
1982Ben MayerUnited StatesProblicom[8][9]
1983J. U. GunterUnited StatesAsteroids[10][11]
1984Russell GenetUnited StatesPhotoelectricphotometry[12]
1985Gregg Thompson &Robert EvansAustraliaSupernovae[13][14]
1986Jean MeeusBelgiumComputational astronomy[15][16]
1987Clinton B. FordUnited StatesVariable stars[17]
1988Jack B. NewtonCanadaAstrophotography[18]
1989Paul BaizeFranceDouble stars[19]
1990Oscar MonnigUnited StatesMeteorites[20]
1991Otto KippesGermanyAsteroidorbits[21]
1992Richard Lines &
Helen Lines		United StatesPhotoelectric photometry of variable stars[22]
1993David H. LevyCanada/United StatesComets[23]
1994Walter H. HaasUnited StatesALPO founder[4]
1995Donald ParkerUnited StatesPlanetary imaging[4]
1996M. Daniel OverbeekSouth AfricaVariable stars[24]
1997Edward A. HalbachUnited StatesVariable stars/occultations[25]
1998Albert F. A. L. JonesNew ZealandVariable stars/comets[26]
1999Warren OffuttUnited StatesTrans-Neptunian objects[27]
2000Paul BoltwoodCanadaDeep-sky imaging/Comet Hyakutake[28]
2001Syuichi NakanoJapanComputing comet orbits[29]
2002No award
2003Kyle E. SmalleyUnited StatesNear-Earth asteroids[30]
2004Nik SzymanekUnited KingdomImaging andimage processing[31]
2005Tim HunterUnited StatesLight pollution[32]
2006Kamil HornochCzech RepublicVisual andCCD observations of variable stars/comets[33]
2007Peter Francis WilliamsAustraliaR Coronae Borealis stars/variable star monitoring[34]
2008Steve MandelUnited StatesCCD imaging[35]
2009Thomas DroegeUnited StatesDeveloping CCD instrumentation and a worldwidesky survey program[36]
2010Allan RahillCanadaAdaptedCanadian Meteorological Centre forecast products for the purpose of planning observing sessions with highly accurate high resolution point forecasts of cloud cover, transparency, seeing, darkness, wind, temperature and humidity over North and Central America[37]
2011Kevin AppsUnited KingdomAdvancing the fields of extra-solar planet research and stellar astrophysics[38]
2012Jeffrey L. HopkinsUnited StatesPhotoelectricphotometry and high-resolutionspectroscopy[39]
2013No award
2014Rod StubbingsAustraliaInstrumental in helping redefine the Z Cam sub-type of dwarf novae, and discovered the recurrent nova V745 Sco in outburst in the morning sky, triggering an AAVSO Alert Notice and significant attention from the astronomical community[40]
2015No award
2016No award
2017Gao XingChinaSupernovae/Comets[41]
2018Thiam-Guan TanAustraliaExoplanets[42]

See also

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Other Astronomical Society of the Pacific awards:

Other amateur astronomy awards:

Notes

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  1. ^ab"Amateur Achievement Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on July 13, 2007. RetrievedAugust 5, 2007.
  2. ^"2008 ASP Award Recipients Press Release" (Press release). Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. RetrievedNovember 22, 2009.
  3. ^abBracher, Katherine (September–October 1989),"16. New People, New Awards, New Approaches"(PDF),Centennial History of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific(PDF), Astronomical Society of the Pacific, p. 34, retrievedNovember 21, 2009
  4. ^abc"Past Amateur Achievement Winners". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on July 13, 2007. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  5. ^"Past recipients". Astronomica Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. RetrievedOctober 25, 2019.
  6. ^Kuhi, L.;A. Fraknoi (1980). "Frank Bateson received the Amateur Achievement Award".Mercury.9. Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 162.Bibcode:1980Mercu...9..162K.
  7. ^Arp, H. C.;A. Fraknoi (1981). "George E. D. Alcock received the Amateur Achievement Award".Mercury.10. Astronomical Society of the Pacific:186–189.Bibcode:1981Mercu..10..186A.
  8. ^Arp, H. C.;A. Fraknoi (1982). "1982 A.S.P. Amateur Achievement Award – Mayer, Ben".Mercury.11. Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 156.Bibcode:1982Mercu..11..156A.
  9. ^"Ben Mayer received the Amateur Achievement Award".Physics Today.35 (11). American Institute of Physics: 83. 1982.Bibcode:1982PhT....35...83..doi:10.1063/1.2914861.
  10. ^Morrison, D.;A. Fraknoi (1983). "Jay U. Gunter received the Amateur Achievement Award 1983 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.6 (6). Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 186.Bibcode:1983Mercu..12Q.186M.
  11. ^"Jay Gunter received the Amateur Achievement Award 1983 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Physics Today.37 (3). American Institute of Physics: 113. 1984.Bibcode:1984PhT....37c.113..doi:10.1063/1.2916126.
  12. ^Arp, H. C.;A. Fraknoi (December 1984). "Russel M. Genet received the Amateur Achievement Award 1984 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.13 (6). Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 168.Bibcode:1984Mercu..13..168W.
  13. ^Hesser, J. E.;A. Fraknoi (1985). "Gregg Thompson and Robert Evans received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.14 (2). Astronomical Society of the Pacific:44–45.Bibcode:1985Mercu..14S..44H.
  14. ^"Gregg Thompson and Robert Evans received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Physics Today.38 (6). American Institute of Physics: 90. 1985.Bibcode:1985PhT....38T..90..doi:10.1063/1.2814606.
  15. ^Wolff, S.;A. Fraknoi (June 1986). "Jean Meeus received the Amateur Achievement Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.15 (5). Astronomical Society of the Pacific:142–143.Bibcode:1986Mercu..15R.142W.
  16. ^"Jean Meeus Wins Award"(PDF).National Newsletter.80 (4). Royal Astronomical Society of Canada: L53. August 1986. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on July 28, 2011. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  17. ^Hesser, J. E.;A. Fraknoi (September 1987). "Clinton B. Ford received the Amateur Achievement Award 1987 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.16 (5). Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 148.Bibcode:1987Mercu..16..148H.
  18. ^Hesser, J. E.;A. Fraknoi (1988). "Jack Newton received the Amateur Achievement Award 1988 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.27 (6). Astronomical Society of the Pacific:189–190.Bibcode:1988Mercu..17R.189H.
  19. ^Morrison, N. D. (December 1989). "Paul Baize received the Amateur Achievement Award 1989 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.18 (3). Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 206.Bibcode:1989Mercu..18..203M.
  20. ^Morrison, N. D.;A. Fraknoi (December 1990). "Oscar Monnig received the Amateur Achievement Award 1990 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.19 (6). Astronomical Society of the Pacific:186–187.Bibcode:1990Mercu..19..186M.
  21. ^Morrison, N. D. (December 1991). "Otto Kippes received the Amateur Achievement Award 1991 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.20 (6). Astronomical Society of the Pacific:188–189.Bibcode:1991Mercu..20..188M.
  22. ^Genet, R. (December 1992). "Richard and Helen Lines received the Amateur Achievement Award 1992 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.21 (6). Astronomical Society of the Pacific:199–200.Bibcode:1992Mercu..21..199G.
  23. ^Ferris, T. (August 1993). "David Levy received the Amateur Achievement Award 1993 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.22 (4). Astronomical Society of the Pacific:125–126.Bibcode:1993Mercu..22..125F.
  24. ^"ASP Amateur Achievement Award to Danie Overbeek".Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa.56. Astronomical Society of Southern Africa: 2. 1997.Bibcode:1997MNSSA..56....2.
  25. ^Mattei, J. A. (June 1997). "Edward A. Halbach received the Amateur Achievement Award 1997 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.26 (3). Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 6.Bibcode:1997Mercu..26c...6M.
  26. ^"Awards Received"(PDF).AAVSO Newsletter (21). The American Association of Variable Star Observers: 2. December 1998. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on October 25, 2006. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  27. ^Mattei, J. A. (June 1999). "Warren Offutt received the Amateur Achievement Award 1999 of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific".Mercury.28 (3). Astronomical Society of the Pacific: 5.Bibcode:1999Mercu..28c...5M.
  28. ^"2000 ASP Annual Award Winners". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Archived fromthe original on May 29, 2012. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  29. ^"2001 ASP Award Winners Press Release". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on November 7, 2009. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  30. ^"2003 ASP Award Winners Press Release". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  31. ^"2004 ASP Award Recipients Press Release". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on November 9, 2009. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  32. ^"2005 ASP Annual Award Winners – Amateur Achievement Award – Tim Hunter". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  33. ^"2006 ASP Annual Award Winners – Amateur Achievement Award – Kamil Hornoch". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  34. ^"2007 ASP Annual Award Winners – Amateur Achievement Award – Peter Francis Williams". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  35. ^"2008 ASP Annual Award Winners – Amateur Achievement Award – Stevel Mandel". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  36. ^"2009 ASP Award Recipients Press Release". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on October 16, 2009. RetrievedNovember 21, 2009.
  37. ^"2010 ASP Award Recipients Press Release". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. RetrievedOctober 28, 2012.
  38. ^"2011 ASP Award Recipients Press Release". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on November 13, 2012. RetrievedOctober 28, 2012.
  39. ^"The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces 2012 Award Recipients in Astronomy Research and Education". Astronomical Society of the Pacific.Archived from the original on November 27, 2012. RetrievedOctober 28, 2012.
  40. ^"Annual Awards". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Archived fromthe original on December 26, 2014. RetrievedDecember 17, 2014.
  41. ^"The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces Its 2017 Award Recipients for Astronomy Research and Education". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Archived fromthe original on October 7, 2017. RetrievedOctober 6, 2017.
  42. ^"The Astronomical Society of the Pacific Announces Its 2018 Award Recipients for Astronomy Research and Education". Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Archived fromthe original on January 28, 2019. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2019.

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