ALCOR Wall of Fame

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
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
Barbara Madera		Al-Con Observing Challenge 2019 Outreach Award Solar System Program
Benjamin Dutschmann		Outreach Award (Stellar)
Bill Christian		Binocular Double Star Program Binocular Messier Program Caldwell Program (Silver) Lunar Program Messier Program (Honorary) Sunspotters Program
Bill Leach		Messier Program Outreach Award
Bill Needels		Outreach Award
Bruce Pollard		NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th Outreach Award (Master) Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012
Carlos Gramajo		Beyond Polaris Program Constellation Hunter Northern Skies Program NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th Outreach Award (Stellar) Solar Eclipse Special Award – 2017
Charles Fletcher, Jr.		Lunar Program Outreach Award
Charles Fletcher, Sr.		Lunar Program Outreach Award
Christina Wagner		Outreach Award
Cliff Herseim		Outreach Award
Dan Gava		NASA Observing Challenge – Comet Siding Spring Encounter with Mars 2014 Outreach Award (Master)
Dave Clark		Outreach Award (Master)
David Dutschmann		Outreach Award (Stellar)
David Tomlin		NASA Observing Challenge – New Horizons Encounter with Pluto 2015 Outreach Award (Master)
David Schmidt		Outreach Award (Stellar)
Donna Wagner		Outreach Award
Duane Mizzell		NASA Observing Challenge – New Horizons Encounter with Pluto 2015
Ed Fraini		Outreach Award
Elizabeth J. Downing		Binocular Messier Program Messier Program (Honorary)
Eric Kuo		Outreach Award (Stellar)
Greg Barolek		Outreach Award
Helen Dorsi		Outreach Award
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
Hugh Harrington		Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012
James Billings		Outreach Award (Stellar)
Jeff Barney		NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th
Jeff Winship		Binocular Messier Program
Jesse Roberts		Binocular Messier Program Deep Sky Binocular Program Lunar Program Messier Program Meteor Program (Regular) Outreach Award
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
Joanna Tan		Beyond Polaris Program Constellation Hunter Northern Skies Program Lunar Program NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th Outreach Award (Stellar)
Joanna Tine		Meteor Program (Honorary)
John Lane		Outreach Award
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)
Juan Carlos Reina		Outreach Award
Julie Barbasso		Outreach Award (Stellar)
Kelsey Norton		Binocular Messier Program Lunar Program Messier Program Sunspotters Program Universe Sampler Program (Telescope)
Ken Dwight		Outreach Award
Lorrie Patel		Outreach Award
Loyd Overcash		NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th NASA Observing Challenge – New Horizons Encounter with Pluto 2015 Outreach Award Radio Astronomy Program (Bronze)
Mary Carman		Double Star Program
Mary Moore		Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012
Michael Comeaux		Outreach Award
Michael Kramer		Outreach Award
Mohammad Shibli Siddiqi		Lunar Program
Monica Johnson		Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012
Paul Downing		Arp Peculiar Galaxies (Northern) Program Messier Program (Honorary)
Randy Bachman		Outreach Award
Robert Brayton		Outreach Award (Master)
Roger Wheatley		Binocular Messier Program Messier Program (Honorary) Southern Skies Binocular Program
Ron Carman		Binocular Messier Program Double Star Program Messier Program (Honorary) Outreach Award Universe Sampler Program (Telescope)
Ron Rolando		Outreach Award Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012
Rusty Hill		Binocular Messier Program Lunar Program Messier Program (Honorary) Outreach Award (Stellar)
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
Susan Pollard		Binocular Messier Program Outreach Award (Stellar) NASA Observing Challenge – Apollo 50th Planetary Transit Special Award – Venus 2012
Thomas Fox		Outreach Award
Tiger Moses		Outreach Award
Todd Sullivan		Outreach Award (Master)
Ullas Hanabe		Sky Puppy Program
William Pollard		Outreach Award