Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award

Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award is sponsored by American Astronomical Society. The Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award recognizes an achievement in astronomical research by an amateur astronomer residing in North America. The key criterion is the work's contribution to the advancement of astronomical science.

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Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award The Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award is presented for an achievement in astronomical research made by an amateur astronomer — that is, a person not employed in the field of astronomy in a professional capacity — and who is resident in North America. The key factor in deciding the recipient will be that the work contributes to the advancement of the science of astronomy.

The award consists of a silver medal. Candidates for the Chambliss Amateur Achievement Award may be nominated by non-members. Rules for the Amateur Achievement Awards were approved at the 208th AAS Meeting in Calgary, Alberta, June 2006.

Candidate must be an amateur astronomer — that is, a person not employed in the field of astronomy in a professional capacity. Candidate must be a resident of North America. Did the nominee make a significant contribution?

Did their research contribute to the advancement of astronomy? Sharing research with the community: Were results published in professional journals with (professional) colleagues? Self-nominations are allowed, as are nominations by non-members.

For questions, please contact the AAS Secretary . Nomination Deadline: 30 June View the Nomination Instructions Consider Volunteering to Serve on the Award Committee 2025 - Richard Donnerstein For his significant contributions to the detection of diffuse, low surface brightness galaxies as part of the Systematically Measuring Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (SMUDGes) Project.

For his outstanding participation in the Backyard Worlds citizen science projects, including pioneering the application of machine learning to solar neighborhood ultracool dwarf searches. For his outstanding observational, computational, and educational contributions to exoplanet studies.

For his successful recreation of, and improvement upon, Eddington's iconic deflection-of-light experiment during the 2017 total solar eclipse, which represents a tour de force in careful observing and calibration. For significant contributions to exoplanet research as a leading member of the Zooniverse Planet Hunters program.

For his multiyear Z CamPaign dedicated to the long-term study of Z Camelopardalis stars, the results of which, published in the Journal of the AAVSO, promises to have a long-lasting impact on the field of accretion-disk theory. For his work in the Kepler Mission's Planet Hunters program that has been instrumental in the discovery of several planets that had been missed by the Kepler pipelines.

For his efforts in developing & leading the Puckett Observatory World Supernova Search program to understand some of the most important & intriguing objects in the Universe, & the advancements in astrophysics & cosmology that have been made possible. For his work as one of the leading amateur CCD astrophotographers over the past decade.

For his extensive contributions to the understanding of asteroids through collection and analysis of asteroid photometry. For his many contributions to wide-field imaging. For his many contributions to the photometric study of transiting extrasolar planets.

For his diverse contributions to the theoretical understanding of relativistic explosions, gamma-ray bursts and the dynamics of solar system bodies.