Announcements

The new issue of the Journal of the International Meteor Organization is now in print. It will be posted shortly; all IMO Members and WGN subscribers should receive it soon. Subscribers can also immediately access the Journal in PDF format.

If you are not yet a member of the International Meteor Organization, you can become one by filling out the electronic registration form and pay the corresponding dues. In this way, you will also receive the other issues of 2009, both as paper copy and electronically!

After another very successful International Meteor Conference (IMC), in Porec, Croatia, the next IMC will take place in Armagh, Northern Ireland, from 2010 September 16th (Thursday evening) to 19th (Sunday lunchtime). It will be organized by the Armagh Observatory, a modern astronomical research institute having a rich heritage and a longstanding association with meteor science. Most participants will be accommodated in the Armagh City Youth Hostel; there is also bed & breakfast and hotel accommodation in Armagh.

The registration fee, probably similar to this year at 150 EUR (includes meals and accommodation), and other details will appear in time for registration to open early in 2010. The local organizing committee is Apostolos Christou (chairman), David Asher, Geert Barentsen and Miruna Popescu. More information will be communicated when it becomes available, through the IMO mailing list, the Journal WGN, and this website.

The International Meteor Conference 2009 will be held from 24-27 September in Porec, Croatia. We have some last minute practical information for the participants:

• all hotel reservations for days before the conference can be done through the hotel web site
• hotel reservations for prolonged stay (after the conference) can be dealt with at the hotel reception, after the arrival to the conference. The same applies to any special wishes (like additional bed, et.) you might have.
• for those coming by car, a pdf file with maps to the hotel is available. Note gps coordinates of the hotel at the last page!
• for those traveling by bus: we will pick you up at the Porec bus station, you have to notify us per mail when we can expect you. If there is no convenient line to Porec, try bus lines that go through or end in Pazin, we will pick you up there. The same aplies for smaller towns near Porec (ca 30 km radius), if the bus stops there. We are sorry, but we can not go out of the Croatia to pick you up, so you have to come to some nearby place in it.
• we will be in Porec from Thursday, and you can reach us through the following mobile numbers
  • Korado Korlevic +385-91-795-0030
  • Željko Andreic +385-98-985-8612
  • Damir Šegon +385-91-533-0304
• if you get lost on Istrian local roads, please call Korado as he is local and can provide the best advice.