Astronomical League Awardees


This is a list of our members that have completed the Astronomical League's Observing Clubs.

ARP CLUB
(V = Visual, C = CCD)

Certificate No. Member Name Date
1V Ron Smith07/09/1997
5V Matt Orsie07/29/1998
26V Curtis Roelle12/28/2002


ASTEROID CLUB

SILVER Certificate No. Member Name Date
2 Ron Smith 06/15/1999

GOLD Certificate No. Member Name Date
8 Ron Smith 11/11/2000


BINO MESSIER CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
33 Ron Smith 12/11/1991
68 Steve Jaworiwsky 09/03/1992
85 Dave Kratz 12/24/1992
134 Frank Filemyr 10/15/1993
170 Gary Freiburger 10/06/1994
281 Matt Orsie 05/09/1997
405 Paul Henze 01/08/2000
442 Phil Schmitz 01/06/2001
459 Dave Oler 08/19/2001
596 ZoAnn Lapinsky 12/03/2003
604 Curt Roelle 03/11/2004
619 David Larson 07/01/2004
623 Gennady Gleyzer 08/10/2004


CALDWELL CLUB

SILVER Certificate No. Member Name Date
2 Matt Orsie 12/14/2001
4 Ron Smith 12/14/2001
8 Phil Schmitz 12/14/2001
30 ZoAnn Lapinsky 04/03/2003
43 Curtis Roelle 10/28/2003
78 George Sauter 11/19/2004

GOLD Certificate No. Member Name Date
11 George Sauter 11/19/2004


COMET OBSERVERS CLUB

Silver Certificate No. Member Name Date
4 Ron Smith 07/27/2003

GOLD Certificate No. Member Name Date
1 Ron Smith 07/27/2003


DEEP SKY BINO CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
11 Ron Smith 09/26/1994
24 Steve Jaworiwsky 12/15/1994
26 Dave Kratz01/30/1995
45 Gary Freiburger 02/29/1996
70 Matt Orsie 12/10/1997
120 Phil Schmitz 03/03/2001
176 Curt Roelle 07/01/2004


DOUBLE STAR CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
20 Ron Smith 09/20/1996
62 Matt Orsie 07/11/1998
74 Phil Schmitz 03/01/1999
131 Jerry Persall 10/31/2000
158 George Sauter 01/12/2002
232 Curtis Roelle 10/20/2003
256 Wayne(Skip) Bird 04/12/2004


GALAXY GROUPS & CLUSTERS CLUB
(M = Manual DA = Device Aided)

Certificate No. Member Name Date
5-M Ron Smith 10/01/2002
9-M Curtis Roelle 01/01/2004


GLOBULAR CLUSTER CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
10 Ron Smith 12/04/2004
12 Curt Roelle 03/12/2005


HERSHEL 400 CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
10 Curtis Roelle 01/16/1984
31 David Pessagno 08/28/1987
44 Ron Smith 03/04/1989
65 Gary Frishkorn 08/20/1991
88 Steve Jaworiwsky 05/28/1993
159 Joseph Costa 01/14/1998
171 Matt Orsie 08/07/1998
236 Phil Schmitz 10/29/2001
306 Paul Henze 08/31/2004


HERSHEL 2 CLUB
(M = Manual DA = Device Aided)

Certificate No. Member Name Date
2M Ron Smith 02/31/1998
14M Matt Orsie 03/31/2000
39M Curt Roelle 12/20/2004


LUNAR CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
7 Ron Smith 02/12/1996
108 Matt Orsie 08/11/1998
193 Dave Oler 10/01/1999
258 Phil Schmitz 01/11/2001
259 ZoAnn Lapinsky 02/07/2001
404 Stephen Reisinger01/16/2004
412 Curt Roelle 02/20/2004
437 Wayne(Skip) Bird 12/04/2004
438 Dave Gede 12/04/2004
452 George Sauter 04/01/2005


THE MASTER OBSERVER CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
5 Matt Orsie 08/20/2001
9 Ron Smith 12/23/2001
36 Curt Roelle 12/25/2004
38 Steve Jaworiwsky(HAL) 03/25/2005


MESSIER CLUB
(R = Regular H = Honorary)


Regular certificate is given at 70 objects.
Honorary certificate is given at all 110 objects.
Date is for Honorary if achieved.
Certificate No. Member Name Date
214 H Curtis Roelle 07/01/1974
896 H Ron Smith 03/23/1990
902 H Steve Jaworiwsky 05/13/1990
925 H Paul Henze 09/25/1990
951 H Ken Levin 10/19/1990
994 R Frank Filemyr 07/30/1991
995 H Joseph Costa 07/30/1991
1006 H Gary Freiberger 03/20/1994
1025 R Richard Schoen 02/01/1992
1117 H Lynne Gilliland 03/25/1993
1599 H Matt Orsie 06/22/1998
1650 H Phil Schmitz 03/31/1999
1651 H Skip Bird 03/31/1999
1670 H Carl Koch 06/27/1999
1685 HWanda Haxton 09/20/2000
1712 H Jeff Asner 07/06/2001
1766 H ZoAnn Lapinsky 04/22/2001
1787 RBrian Eney 09/20/2000
1957 RDave Oler 05/26/2002
1908 H Joann Shapiro 12/16/2001
2177 H George Sauter 10/06/2004


METEOR CLUB

Certificate No. Honorary? Member Name Date
54 Yes Matt Orsie 11/29/1998
60 No (12hrs) Steve Jaworiwsky 12/05/1998


PLANETARY OBSERVERS CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
3 Matt Orsie 10/03/1999
29 ZoAnn Lapinsky 09/22/2004


SOUTHERN SKIES BINO CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
24 Steve Jaworiwsky 03/12/1998


SOUTHERN SKIES TELESCOPE CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
6 Steve Jaworiwsky 10/04/2002


SUNSPOTTERS CLUB


NO ONE YET

UNIVERSE SAMPLER CLUB
(T=Telescope N=Naked Eye)

Certificate No. Member Name Date
36T Ron Smith 09/28/2002
41T ZoAnn Lapinsky 02/25/2003


URBAN CLUB

Certificate No. Member Name Date
21 Phil Schmitz 02/26/2001
77 Wayne(Skip) Bird 01/11/2005