Berenice Page Medal
The Astronomical Society of Australia awards the Berenice Page Medal for excellence in amateur astronomy in Australia and its territories, judged on the basis of scientific contributions which have served to advance astronomy.
The winners of the Medal to date are:
- 1973 - Mr S.J. (Sid) Elwin
- For photometric observations of the occultation of Beta Scorpii by Jupiter.
- 1975 - Mr David Herald
- For observations of Baily Beads in the solar eclipse of 20 June 1974.
- 1981 - Mr Bill Bradfield
- For the discovery, up to that time, of 11 comets.
- 1983 - Mr Byron Soulsby
- For work on the oblateness of the umbral shadow.
- 1986 - Reverend Robert Evans
- For visual discoveries of supernovae.
- 1988 - Mr Robert McNaught
- For photographic nova and supernova observations and discoveries.
- 1990 - Mr Barry Adcock
- For telescope design work and planetary observations.
- 1992 - Dr Mal Wilkinson
- For the design and construction of a radio-telescope and subsequent observations of the Io-Jupiter system and for his development of a model for the emissions.
- 1994 - Mr Paul Camilleri
- For discoveries of novae and Mira variables and the development of simple photographic techniques for nova searches.
- 1996 - Mr Peter Williams
- For his extensive on-going visual observations of variable stars, especially the R Coronae Borealis variables.
- 1998 - Mr Gordon Garradd
- For significant contributions in the observation of asteroids, comets, novae and supernovae.
- 2000 - Mr Andrew Pearce
- For his high quality visual observations of comets, variable stars and novae.
- 2002 - The Reynolds Amateur Photometry Team
- For work in association with professional astronomers to provide data on objects such as supernovae, blazars and gamma ray bursts, using the Reynolds 30" telescope at Mount Stromlo Observatory.
- 2004 - Mr Colin Bembrick
- For his significant contribution to astronomy from photometric observations of minor planets.
- 2006 - Dr Tom Richards
- For his broad ranging CCD photometry lightcurve observations particularly of minor planets, variable stars and exoplanet searches.
- 2008 - Mr John Broughton
- For his systematic survey for southern declination Near Earth Objects, including numerous occultation timings.
A history of the Medal can be found here (PDF file).