The Amateur Achievement Award recognizes significant contributions to astronomy or amateur astronomy by those not employed in the field of astronomy in a professional capacity [1]. The award, given since 1979, is managed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. It consists of $500 and a plaque, which is presented at the Annual Meeting Awards Banquet. The only exception in its annual awarding was the year 2002, when the Award Committee, composed of the Board of Directors, came to the rare conclusion that no candidate fully deserves it. A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant Astronomy is the science of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earths atmosphere (such as auroras and cosmic background radiation). ... See also: Other events of 1979 List of years in science . ... The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) was founded in San Francisco in 1889. ...

The Amateur Achievement Award winners

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Motto  2(French) God and my right Anthem God Save the Queen 3 United Kingdom() – on the European continent() – in the European Union() [] Capital London Largest conurbation (population) Greater London Urban Area Official languages English4 Government  -  Monarch Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair Formation  -  24 March 1603   -  Acts of Union... Artists conception of a white dwarf star accreting hydrogen from a larger companion A nova (pl. ... Comet Hale-Bopp Comet McNaught as seen from Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia on 23 January 2007 A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the Sun and (at least occasionally) exhibits a coma (or atmosphere) and/or a tail â€” both primarily from the effects of... Ben Mayer (? - 2000) was an amateur astronomer perhaps best known for the invention of the Projection Blink Comparator (PROBLICOM). ... This blink comparator at Lowell Observatory was used in the discovery of Pluto. ... 253 Mathilde, a C-type asteroid. ... Photometry is a technique of astronomy concerned with measuring the flux, or intensity of an astronomical objects electromagnetic radiation. ... Robert Owen Evans (born 1937 in Sydney, Australia) is a minister of the Uniting Church in Australia and an amateur astronomer who holds the all-time record for visual discoveries of supernovae (40). ... Multiwavelength X-ray image of the remnant of Keplers Supernova, SN 1604. ... Jean Meeus (born 1928) is a Belgian astronomer. ... Clinton B. Ford (1913 - 1992) was an American investor, musician and astronomer specilizing in the observation of variable stars. ... Jack and Alice Newton stand in front of his Meade 16 LX200 Schmidt Cassegrain telescope at the Observatory Bed & Breakfast in Osoyoos British Columbia. ... Astrophotography is a specialised type of photography that entails making photographs of astronomical objects in the night sky such as planets, stars, and deep sky objects such as star clusters and galaxies. ... When two stars are so nearly in the same direction as seen from Earth that they appear to be a single star to the naked eye but may be separated by the use of telescopes, they are referred to as a double star. ... Willamette Meteorite A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives an impact with the Earths surface without being destroyed. ... David Levy giving a lecture at JPL. David H. Levy (born 1948) is a Canadian astronomer and science writer most famous for his co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which collided with the planet Jupiter in 1994. ... The Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers (referred to and pronounced as ALPO) was founded by Walter H. Haas in 1947, and incorporated in 1990 as a medium for advancing and conducting astronomical work by both professional and amateur astronomers who share an interest in solar system observations. ... This article is about the country on the southern tip of the African continent. ... Warren B. Offutt is an American astronomer. ... A trans-Neptunian object (TNO) is any object in the solar system that orbits the sun at a greater distance on average than Neptune. ... Deep sky is a term used by amateur astronomers to describe mostly faint objects outside the solar system like star clusters, nebulae and galaxies; compare with deep space. These objects are hundreds to billions of light years distant. ... Hyakutake picture from March 1996 Comet Hyakutake (formally C/1996 B2) was discovered by Yuji Hyakutake on January 30, 1996. ... Syuichi Nakano (中野主一) is a Japanese astronomer. ... Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are asteroids whose orbits are close to Earths orbit. ... This time exposure photo of New York City shows sky glow, one form of light pollution. ... 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External links

• ASP: Amateur Achievement Award winners