- 22nd meeting
- Local organizers: Jürgen Rendtel (AKM).
- 79 participants from 14 countries: Belgium (9), Bulgaria (7), Croatia (1), France (1), Germany (22), Japan (6), the Netherlands (11), Romania (5), Russia (1), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (5), Spain (2), Switzerland (1) and U.K. (3).
- 39 presentations (27 lectures, 12 posters) of which 29 were included in the Proceedings.
- IMC 2003 Proceedings (ISBN 978-2-87355-014-1): 194 pages (eds. Mihaela Triglav-Čekada, Chris Trayner).
- Contents: Radio and radar observations – photographic and video results – meteoroid stream modelling.
- Participation fee 115 Euro.
For the 7th time in its history the IMC took place in Germany. It was the most “ecological” IMC, in the modern hall of a camping placed in a forest, near a lake. The many interesting presentations resulted in the thickest Proceedings so far. An excursion was organized to Berlin to visit the meteorite collection in the Humboldt University. The traditional Romanian Astroshow had three professional astronomers from other countries as poet guests. Exceptional warm weather kept participants all Saturday night long around a campfire after the barbecue.
Acknowledgement: We thank Rainer Arlt, Galina Ryabova, Casper ter Kuile and Jean-Marc Wislez for the photographs of this 2003 IMC.
The Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Bollmannsruh 2003.
The entrance of the 2003 IMC host: Bollmannsruh (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The main building the 2003 IMC host: Bollmannsruh (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The main building the 2003 IMC host: the backside (credit Galina Ryabova).
Participants stayed in bungalows, here ?? and Arnold Tukkers (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The 2003 IMC host was situated in a beautiful region at a lake (credit Galina Ryabova).
The Romanian team, from l.to r. Valentin Grigore, Andrei Dorian Gheorge, Adriana Nicolae, Ionut-Titus Ilesoi, Gelu-Claudio Radu (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Arrival with equipment: Marion Rudolph and Ina Rendtel (credit Galina Ryabova).
Arrival of the participants, from l.to r. Dragana Okolić, Felix Bettonvil,??,??, Urška Pajer, Jean-Marc Wislez, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Darja Golikowa and Andreas Buchmann (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Unloading the cars, Malcolm Currie carrying boxes with IMO-publications (credit Galina Ryabova).
The stocks of IMO publications (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Valentin Grigore carrying IMO publications (credit Galina Ryabova).
Paul Roggemans carrying IMO publications (credit Galina Ryabova).
Marion Rudolph looks happy as her car gets empty (credit Galina Ryabova).
Axel Haas, IMC veteran, thinking (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Daniel Fisher (credit Galina Ryabova).
From l.to r.Malcolm Currie, Peter Zimnikoval, Andreas Buchmann, Rainer Arlt and Darja Golikowa (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Jürgen Rendtel and Chris Trayner (credit Galina Ryabova).
From l.to r. Andrei Dorian Gheorge, Adriana Nicolae, Valentin Grigore and Ionut-Titus Ilesoi (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The bungalows that provided a comfortable stay (credit Galina Ryabova).
IMC participants in front of the main building, at left Detlef Koschny (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The audiance from l.to r. Sirko Molau, Galina Ryabova, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Detlef Koschny, Jürgen Rendtel and André Knöfel. At right Malcolm Currie session chairman and Joe Zender (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The audiance from l.to r. Sirko Molau, Galina Ryabova, Chris Trayner, Detlef Koschny, Rainer Arlt, André Knöfel and Ina Rendtel. (credit Casper ter Kuile).
From l.to r. Malcolm Currie, Jürgen Rendtel, André Knöfel and session chairman Detlef Koschny. Paul Roggemans presenting ‘Amateur meteor astronomy in the 20th century’ (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The audience behind the camera batteries of the DMS, from l.to r. Jérémie Vaubaillon, Cis Verbeeck, ??, Jean-Marc Wislez and Mihaela Triglav-Čekada (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Coffe break Joe Zender, Chris Trayner and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Daniel Fischer at the posters (credit Rainer Arlt).
The posters (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Malcolm Currie, Valentin Velkov and ?? at the posters (credit Rainer Arlt).
Detlef Koschny and Margaret Campbell-Brown at the posters (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Galina Ryabova and Andreas Buchmann at the posters (credit Rainer Arlt).
Camera equipment exposed (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Informal chat from l.to r. ??, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Jean-Marc Wislez, ?? and Detlef Koschny (credit Galina Ryabova).
Time for a look at some software (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Margaret Campbell-Brown and Paul Roggemans (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The IMO publication shop with Valentin Grigore (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The large choice out of IMO publications (credit Casper ter Kuile).
From l.to r. Detlef Koschny, ??, Joe Zender and Sirko Molau (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Mirko Nitschke and Axel Haas with his ‘portable PC’ (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Jos Nijland explaining the camera equipment, from l.to r. Stane Slavec, Henry Hendriks, ??, ?? and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
??, ??, ??, Jos Nijland, Stane Slavec and Henry Hendriks (credit Casper ter Kuile).
In the late evening, talks take place at a lower level. From l.to r. Felix Bettonvil, Dragana Okolić, ??, Javor Kac, Luc Bastiaens, Jan Verbert, Jean-Marc Wislez, Marc Neijts and Steven Van Impe (credit Casper ter Kuile).
From l.to r. Javor Kac, Felix Bettonvil, Dragana Okolić, Jan Verbert, Cis Verbeeck, Marc Neijts and Steven Van Impe (credit Jean-Marc Wislez).
Lunch at the 2003 IMC, from l.to r. Jos Nijland, Henry Hendriks, Chris Trayner, Arnold Tukkers, Urska Pajer and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Lunch at the 2003 IMC, from l.to r. Stane Slavec, Marc Neijts, Joe Zender, Jürgen Rendtel and Detlef Koschny (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Arnold Tukkers, Miha Čekada, Mihaela Triglav-Čekada, Jos Nijland, Henry Henriks and Chris Trayner (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Zhelyo Zhelev, Valentin Velkov and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Lunch at the 2003 IMC from l.to r. ??, Nagatoshi Nogami and Yasuhiro Tonomura (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Lunch at the 2003 IMC from l.to r. ??, ?? and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Lunch at the 2003 IMC Arnold Tukkers and Jos Nijland (credit Casper ter Kuile).
From l.to r. Sirko Molau, Jürgen Oberst Malcolm Currie, Carina Theiler (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Waiting for the excursion (credit Galina Ryabova).
Waiting for the excursion (credit Casper ter Kuile).
From l.to r. Peter Zimnikoval, ??, Daniel Očenáš,??,?? and Mirko Nitschke (credit Galina Ryabova).
From l.to r. ??, ??, ??, Valentin Grigore, Yasuhiro Tonomura and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Margaret Campbell-Brown and Detlef Koschny (credit Galina Ryabova).
Waiting for the bus to arrive, from l.to r. Koen Clement, Luc Bastiaens, Jan Verbert, Glenn Van Olmen, Tom Roelands, Jean-Marc Wislez and Steven Van Impe. (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Waiting for the bus to arrive (credit Galina Ryabova).
Waiting for the bus to arrive, in the center Henry Henriks, Casper ter Kuile and Jos Nijland (credit Galina Ryabova).
When the buses arrived (credit Rainer Arlt).
Arrived at the destination, the Natural History Museum in Berlin (credit Galina Ryabova).
At the entrance of the museum, at right Paul Roggemans, Margaret Campbell-Brown and David Asher (credit Galina Ryabova).
Inside the museum (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Inside the museum (credit Galina Ryabova).
From l.to r. Jürgen Rendtel, Hendri Hendriks, Chris Trayner, Nagatoshi Nogami, Ina Rendtel and Joe Zender (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Inside the museum (credit Galina Ryabova).
Very rare samples were exposed at the museum (credit Casper ter Kuile).
After the museum visit, from l.to r. ??, Urska Pajer, Felix Bettonvil and Dragana Okolić (credit Casper ter Kuile).
After the museum visit, from l.to r. ??, ??, Dragana Okolić, Felix Bettonvil, Marc Neijts and Urska Pajer (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Marc Neijts and Urska Pajer (credit Casper ter Kuile).
On the way back, two participants left behind phoned friends in the bus, so one of the two buses returned to the museum to pick up the two ‘lost sheeps’ (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Valentin Velkov and Henry Henriks (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The group photo, first row from l.to r. Malcolm Currie, Paul Roggemans, ??, ??, Galina Ryabova, Adriana Nicolae, Detlef Koschny – stairs – Daniel Očenáš and Mikulas Vanya. second row from l.to r. ??,??,??,??, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Urska Pajer, ??, ??, Chris Trayner, Stane Slavec, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Nagatoshi Nogami, -stairs-, ??, Mirko Nitschke and Daniel Fischer. Mihaela Triglav-Čekada, Miha Čekada, Cis Verbeeck, ??, David Asher, ??, ??, ??, – stairs-, Theodor Pinter, Joe Zender and Axel Haas. Gelu-Claudiu Radu (standing), ??, ??, Luc Bastiaens, Tom Roelandts, ??, Jürgen Oberst, Henry Henriks. Last row Andreas Buchmann and Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The group photo, getting everybody together (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The group photo, first row from l.to r.Marc Neijts, Felix Bettonvil, Joe Zender, Axel Haas, Maria Krumova, Theodor Pinter, Peter Zimnikoval, ?? and Daniel Očenáš. Hartwig Lüthen, Dragana Okolić, Mirko Nitschke, Malcolm Currie, Paul Roggemans, ??,?? Galina Ryabova, Adriana Nicolae, Detlef Koschny. Third row from l.to r. ??,??,??,??, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Urska Pajer, ??, ??, Chris Trayner, Stane Slavec, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Nagatoshi Nogami. Mihaela Triglav-Čekada, Miha Čekada, Cis Verbeeck, ??, David Asher, ??, ??, ??, Ina Rendtel, Daniel Fischer and ??. Last rows Jan Verbert, Gelu-Claudiu Radu, Steven Van Impe, ??, Jean-Marc Wislez, Ulrich Sperberg, Sirko Molau, Carina Theiler, Jos Nijland, Luc Bastiaens, André Knöfel, Tom Roelandts, Javor Kac, ??, Andreas Buchmann, Jürgen Oberst, Andrei Dorian Gheorghe and Henry Hendriks (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The group photo, first row from l.to r.??, Valentin Grigore, Marc Neijts, Felix Bettonvil, Joe Zender, Axel Haas, Maria Krumova, Theodor Pinter, Peter Zimnikoval, ?? and Daniel Očenáš. Hartwig Lüthen, Dragana Okolić, Mirko Nitschke, Malcolm Currie, Paul Roggemans, ??,?? Galina Ryabova, Adriana Nicolae, Detlef Koschny and Yasuhiro Tonomura. Third row from l.to r. ??,??,??,??, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Urska Pajer, ??, ??, Chris Trayner, Stane Slavec, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Nagatoshi Nogami. Arnold Tukkers, Mihaela Triglav-Čekada, Miha Čekada, Cis Verbeeck, ??, David Asher, ??, ??, ??, Ina Rendtel, Daniel Fischer and ??. Last rows Jan Verbert, Steven Van Impe, Gelu-Claudiu Radu, ??, Jean-Marc Wislez, Ulrich, Sirko Molau, Carina Theiler, Jos Nijland, Luc Bastiaens, ??, Tom Roelandts, Javor Kac, ??, Andreas Buchmann, ??, Jurgen Oberst, Andrei Dorian Gheorghe and Henry Hendriks (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Romanian Astropoetry show with Andrei Dorian Gheorge, ?? and Adriana Nicolae (credit Jean-Marc Wislez).
The astro show participants: Adriana Nicolae, ??, Andrei Dorian Gheorge, ?? and Valentin Grigore (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The astro show participants: David Asher, Jérémie Vaubaullon, Adriana Nicolae, ??, Andrei Dorian Gheorge, ?? and Valentin Grigore (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The astro poetry show with ??, Andrei Dorian Gheorge and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The astro poetry show with Andrei Dorian Gheorge (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Preparing the camp fire (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Preparing the campfire (credit Rainer Arlt).
Malcolm Currie collecting wood for the campfire (credit Rainer Arlt).
André Knöfel taking care about the barbecue (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Eating in the darkness (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Rainer Arlt preparing the wood for the fire (credit Rainer Arlt).
At the barbecue (credit Casper ter Kuile).
After the barbecue, all around the campfire (credit Casper ter Kuile).
In front Jos Nijland and Malcolm Currie (credit Casper ter Kuile).
A warm summernight around the campfire (credit Rainer Arlt).
A warm summernight around the campfire (credit Casper ter Kuile).
A warm summernight around the campfire (credit Jean-Marc Wislez).
André Knöfel playing the didgeridoo (credit Rainer Arlt).
A warm summernight around the campfire (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The fire kept participants together till early morning… (credit Rainer Arlt).
Valentin Grigore and Arnold Tukkers presenting ‘The starfriends project’ (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The field after the campfire night (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Enjoying a drink at the end of the IMC (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Jos Nijland, Arnold Tukkers and Casper ter Kuile (credit Casper ter Kuile).