Members of the North Houston Astronomy Club have participated in the Astronomical League (AL) Observing Programs since the Club’s founding in 1999. Following is a list of our Club members who have participated in AL Observing Programs and have earned AL Awards.
If you are interested in one of the observing programs, these are the folks who know how to get it done. If your name or if one of your AL Awards is missing, please contact our Astronomical League Coordinator (ALCOR) with your information.
Name |
Observing Program |
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| Aaron Clevenson | Active Galactic Nuclei Program Advanced Binocular Double Star Program Al-Con Observing Challenge 2019 Analemma Program Arp Peculiar Galaxies (Northern) Program Arp Peculiar Galaxies (Southern) Program Asterism Program Asteroid Program (Gold) Astronomy Before the Telescope Certificate Beyond Polaris Program Binocular Double Star Program Binocular Master Observer Binocular Messier Program Binocular Variable Star Program Caldwell Program (Silver) Carbon Star Program Citizen Science Program – Astronomy Rewind (Bronze) Citizen Science Program – Backyard Worlds Planet 9 (Bronze) Citizen Science Program – Galaxy Zoo (Bronze) Citizen Science Program – Gravity Spy (Bronze) Citizen Science Program – Local Group Cluster Search (Bronze) Citizen Science Program – Muon Hunters (Bronze) Citizen Science Program – Planet Hunters – TESS (Silver) Citizen Science Program – Protect our Planet from Solar Storms (Bronze) Citizen Science Program -Radio Meteor Zoo (Bronze) Citizen Science – Superwasp Variable Stars (Bronze) Citizen Science Program – Variable Star Zoo (Bronze) Citizen Science Program – Zwicky’s Quirky Transients (Bronze) Comet Program (Gold) Constellation Hunter Northern Skies Program Dark Nebula Program Dark Sky Advocate Award Deep Sky Binocular Program Double Star Program Earth Orbiting Satellite Program Flat Galaxies Program (Honorary) Galaxy Groups and Clusters Program Galileo Program (Telescope and Binocular) Globular Cluster Program Herschel 400 Program Herschel II Program Hydrogen-Alpha Solar Program Local Galaxy Group and Galactic Neighborhood Program Lunar Program Lunar II Program Mars Program (Imaging) Master Observer – Platinum Award Messier Program (Honorary) Meteor Program (Honorary) Multiple Star Program NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th NASA Observing Challenge – New Horizons Encounter with Pluto 2015 NASA Observing Challenge – Comet Rosetta /67P C-G NASA Observing Challenge – Comet Siding Spring Encounter with Mars 2014 NASA Observing Challenge – InSight NASA Observing Challenge – Mercury Transit 2019 NASA Observing Challenge – TESS NEO Observing Program (Advanced) Open Cluster Program (Advanced) Outreach Award (Master) Planetary Nebula Program (Advanced) Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2004 Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012 Planetary Transit Special Award – Mercury 2016 Planetary Transit Special Award – Mercury 2019 Radio Astronomy Program (Gold) Sketching Program Solar Eclipse Special Award – 2017 Solar System Program Solar System Program (Binocular) Southern Planetary Nebula Program Stellar Evolution Program Sunspotters Program Two in the View Program Universe Sampler Program (Naked Eye and Telescope) Urban Program Variable Star Program |
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| Barbara Madera | Al-Con Observing Challenge 2019 Outreach Award Solar System Program |
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Benjamin Dutschmann |
Outreach Award (Stellar) |
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| Bill Christian | Binocular Double Star Program Binocular Messier Program Caldwell Program (Silver) Lunar Program Messier Program (Honorary) Sunspotters Program |
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| Bill Leach | Messier Program Outreach Award |
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Bill Needels |
Outreach Award |
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| Bruce Pollard | NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th Outreach Award (Master) Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012 |
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| Carlos Gramajo | Beyond Polaris Program Constellation Hunter Northern Skies Program NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th Outreach Award (Stellar) Solar Eclipse Special Award – 2017 |
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Charles Fletcher, Jr. |
Lunar Program Outreach Award |
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Charles Fletcher, Sr. |
Lunar Program Outreach Award |
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Christina Wagner |
Outreach Award |
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Cliff Herseim |
Outreach Award |
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| Dan Gava | NASA Observing Challenge – Comet Siding Spring Encounter with Mars 2014 Outreach Award (Master) |
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Dave Clark |
Outreach Award (Master) |
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David Dutschmann |
Outreach Award (Stellar) |
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| David Tomlin | NASA Observing Challenge – New Horizons Encounter with Pluto 2015 Outreach Award (Master) |
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David Schmidt |
Outreach Award (Stellar) |
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Donna Wagner |
Outreach Award |
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| Duane Mizzell | NASA Observing Challenge – New Horizons Encounter with Pluto 2015 |
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Ed Fraini |
Outreach Award |
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Elizabeth J. Downing |
Binocular Messier Program Messier Program (Honorary) |
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Eric Kuo |
Outreach Award (Stellar) |
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Greg Barolek |
Outreach Award |
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Helen Dorsi |
Outreach Award |
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| Henry Norton | Binocular Messier Program Deep Sky Binocular Program Double Star Program Herschel 400 Program Lunar Program Master Observer Award Messier Program (Honorary) Solar System Program (Telescope) Sunspotters Program Universe Sampler Program (Telescope) Urban Program |
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Hugh Harrington |
Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012 |
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James Billings |
Outreach Award (Stellar) |
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Jeff Barney |
NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th |
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Jeff Winship |
Binocular Messier Program |
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| Jesse Roberts | Binocular Messier Program Deep Sky Binocular Program Lunar Program Messier Program Meteor Program (Regular) Outreach Award |
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| Jim Barbasso | Analemma Program Lunar Program Lunar II Program Messier Program NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th NASA Observing Challenge – New Horizons Encounter with Pluto 2015 Outreach Award (Master) Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012 Planetary Transit Special Award – Mercury 2016 Solar Eclipse Special Award – 2017 |
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| Joanna Tan | Beyond Polaris Program Constellation Hunter Northern Skies Program Lunar Program NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th Outreach Award (Stellar) |
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Joanna Tine |
Meteor Program (Honorary) |
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John Lane |
Outreach Award |
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| Joseph Wagner | Constellation Hunter Northern Skies Program Lunar Program Messier Program (Honorary) NASA Observing Challenge – Comet Siding Spring Encounter with Mars 2014 Outreach Award (Master) |
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Juan Carlos Reina |
Outreach Award |
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Julie Barbasso |
Outreach Award (Stellar) |
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| Kelsey Norton | Binocular Messier Program Lunar Program Messier Program Sunspotters Program Universe Sampler Program (Telescope) |
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Ken Dwight |
Outreach Award |
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Lorrie Patel |
Outreach Award |
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| Loyd Overcash | NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th NASA Observing Challenge – New Horizons Encounter with Pluto 2015 Outreach Award Radio Astronomy Program (Bronze) |
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Mary Carman |
Double Star Program |
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Mary Moore |
Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012 |
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Michael Comeaux |
Outreach Award |
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Michael Kramer |
Outreach Award |
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Mohammad Shibli Siddiqi |
Lunar Program | |
Monica Johnson |
Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012 |
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| Paul Downing | Arp Peculiar Galaxies (Northern) Program Messier Program (Honorary) |
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Randy Bachman |
Outreach Award |
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Robert Brayton |
Outreach Award (Master) |
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| Roger Wheatley | Binocular Messier Program Messier Program (Honorary) Southern Skies Binocular Program |
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| Ron Carman | Binocular Messier Program Double Star Program Messier Program (Honorary) Outreach Award Universe Sampler Program (Telescope) |
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| Ron Rolando | Outreach Award Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012 |
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| Rusty Hill | Binocular Messier Program Lunar Program Messier Program (Honorary) Outreach Award (Stellar) |
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| Sue Wheatley | Asteroid Program (Gold) Binocular Messier Program Caldwell Program (Silver) Carbon Star Program Constellation Hunter Northern Skies Program Deep Sky Binocular Program Double Star Program Earth Orbiting Satellite Program Globular Cluster Program Herschel 400 Program Lunar Program Lunar II Program Master Observer Award Messier Program (Honorary) Meteor Observing Program (Honorary) Open Cluster Program (Advanced) Planetary Nebula Program (Advanced) Solar System Program (Telescope) Southern Skies Binocular Program Urban Program |
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| Susan Pollard | Binocular Messier Program Outreach Award (Stellar) NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012 |
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Thomas Fox |
Outreach Award |
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Tiger Moses |
Outreach Award |
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Todd Sullivan |
Outreach Award (Master) |
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Ullas Hanabe |
Sky Puppy Program |
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William Pollard |
Outreach Award |