Amateur Achievement Award of the ASP
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The Amateur Achievement Award recognizes significant contributions to astronomy or amateur astronomy by those not employed in the field of astronomy in a professional capacity [1]. The award, given since 1979, is managed by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. It consists of $500 and a plaque, which is presented at the Annual Meeting Awards Banquet. The only exception in its annual awarding was the year 2002, when the Award Committee, composed of the Board of Directors, came to the rare conclusion that no candidate fully deserves it.
