- 29th meeting
- IMC 2010 Website
- Local organizers: David Asher, Mark Bailey, Tom Barclay, Geert Barentsen, Joachim Bestenlehner, Apostolos Christou, Colin Folsom, Tobias Hinse, John McFarland, Aileen McKee, Terry Moseley, Naslim Neelamkodan, Alison Neve, Miruna Popescu, Kamalam Vanninathan and Shenghua Yu.
- 127 participants from 24 countries: Australia (2), Belgium (10), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (6), Czech Republic (1), France (7), Germany (14), Greece (1), India (2), Ireland (6), Israel (1), Japan (1), Nepal (4), the Netherlands (8), Norway (2), Poland (3), Romania (6), Russia (6), Slovakia (4), Slovenia (2), Spain (7), U.K.(28), U.S.A. (3) and Venezuela (1).
- 58 presentations (45 lectures, 13 posters).
- IMC 2010 Proceedings (ISBN 978-2-87355-022-6): 105 pages (eds. David J. Asher, Apostoulos A. Christou, Prakash Atreya, Geert Barentsen).
- Contents: Optical observations, Radio observations, Perseids 2010, fireballs and meteor physics.
- IMC-Report in WGN: October 2010 (38:5) (PDF)
- IMC 2010 Program
- IMC 2010 Participants list
- IMC T-shirt: yes
- IMC 2010 logo: yes (see below)
- Participation fee 155 Euro.
The 29th IMC was the first meeting that was organized on the European continent, but at the western edge of Europe. The travelling distance didn’t pose any problem for most regular IMC participants as a record number of people turned up. This IMC could benefit from the excellent organizing experience and worldwide contacts of the Armagh Observatory staff. For many people this was their first IMC ever, the attendence by professional meteor workers resulted in a record number of contributions which were all fit into a remarkable well respected lecture program. The large number of lectures was well balanced with a rich social and cultural program, the Irish music and dance offered during the OASES performance, the taste of Guinness and the songs of the Armagh Rhymers, the visit to the observatory and fascinating encounter with Navan way of life at the Navan Centre left unforgettable memories with all participants. The 14th International Astropoetry entertained the last night of the IMC with a remarkable broad participation. This IMC will remain in many aspects one of the richest happenings in the tradition of the IMC’s.
Acknowledgement: We thank Geert Barentsen, Rafael Barrios, Bernd Brinkmann, Malcolm Currie, Jean-Luc Dighaye, Thomas Grau, Valentin Grigore, Trond Erik Hillestad, Anna Kartashova, Vincent Loughran, Adriana Nicolae, Jos Nijland, Miruna Popescu, Paul Roggemans, Hans-Georg schmidt, Casper ter Kuile and Giancarlo Tomezzoli for the photographs of this 2010 IMC. A selection was made from many hundreds of available photographs to give a good coverage of this IMC.
The T-shirt of the IMC 16-19 September 2010, Armagh, United Kingdom available in an endless variation of colors featuring a fascinating astromythological design and another amusing limerick by David Asher (credit organizing team).
On the journey to and from the IMC in Ireland, meteors occurred on any corner (credit Malcolm Currie).
On the journey to and from the IMC in Ireland, meteors occurred on any corner (credit Malcolm Currie).
On the journey to and from the IMC in Ireland, meteors occurred on any corner (credit Paul Roggemans).
On the journey to and from the IMC in Ireland, meteor therminology looks very popular (credit Jos Nijland).
View on Armagh from near the Observatory (credit Thomas Grau).
The Market Place Theatre where the lecture were organized (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
The Market Place Theatre where the lecture were organized (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
The stairs from the Theatre where the lecture were organized to the Youth Hostel (credit Thomas Grau).
The Market Place houses in front of the Theatre where the lecture were organized (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
The Saint Patrick Cathedral by night (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
The Saint Patrick Cathedral by day (credit Valentin Grigore).
The Saint Patrick Cathedral of the Church of Ireland in Armagh (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
The fireball workshop prior to the IMC from l.to r. Rishi Shah, Gerhard Drolshagen, Anastasios Margonis, William Cooke, Suresh Bhattarai, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Felix Bettonvil, Rainer Arlt, Geert Barentsen, Anna Kartashova, Detlef Koschny, Thomas Grau, Martin Towner, Maria Gritsevich, François Colas, Grigoris Maravelias and Abedin Abedin (credit organizing team).
The fireball workshop prior to the IMC from l.to r. Rainer Arlt, François Colas, Gerhard Drolshagen, Anastasios Margonis, Martin Towner (hidden), Mark Bailey, Suresh Bhattarai, Rishi Shah, William Cooke, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Grigoris Maravelias, Apostolos Christou, Maria Gritsevich, Felix Bettonvil, Anna Kartashova, Abedin Abedin, Detlef Koschny (hidden) and Geert Barentsen (credit Thomas Grau).
The fireball workshop prior to the IMC; Felic Bettonvil with his presentation ‘Fireball observations in the Netherlands’ (credit Thomas Grau).
The fireball workshop prior to the IMC Martin Towner, Anastasios Margonis, Grigoris Maravelias, some hidden people, the catering man and François Colas (credit Thomas Grau).
The fireball workshop prior to the IMC: Jérémie Vaubaillon with his presentation (credit Thomas Grau).
The fireball workshop prior to the IMC: Martin Towner with his presentation (credit Thomas Grau).
The main building of the Armagh Observatory where the welcome reception took place (credit Thomas Grau).
Before the arrival of most of the participants from l.to r. Maria Gritsevich, Lidia Egorova, Bharath Giri, Bernadette Foley and Abedin Abedin (credit Anna Kartashova).
The overwhelming succes of this IMC required extra overnight capacity such as the Charlemont Arms: here Suresh Bhattarai, Rishi Shah and Jean-Luc Dighaye (credit EurAstro – Giancarlo Tomezzoli).
The welcome reception in the Armagh observatory, from l.to r. Irmgard Schmidt, Roland Winkler, Dagmar Winkler, Urška Pajer, Antonio Martinez, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Javor Kac, Dragana Okolic, Geert Barentsen, Richard White and Jean-Louis Rault (credit Valentin Grigore)
The welcome reception in the Armagh Observatory, from l.to r. Marc Gyssens, Adriana Nicolae, Valentin Grigore and Dragana Okolic with her son Uros Bettonvil (credit Paul Roggemans).
The registration desk in the Armagh Youth Hostel, from l.to r. Kamalam Vanninathan, Shenghua Yu helping Geoffrey Grayer with the IMC t-shirts, Naslim Neelamkodan, Miruna Popescu (background) and Marc Gyssens (credit Paul Roggemans).
Trond Erik Hillestad and Jürgen Rendtel (credit Paul Roggemans).
The officials from l.to r. Miruna Popescu, Apostolos Christou, William Cooke, Geert Barentsen, Jim Speers the Mayor of Armagh, Jürgen Rendtel, David Asher, Naslim Neelamkodan and Mark Bailey (credit Vincent Loughran).
130 teddy bears for 130 participants awaited (credit Miruna Popescu).
Apostolos Christou introducing the officials (credit Geert Barentsen).
The opening minutes on the first row from l.to r. Geert Barentsen, Marc Gyssens, Shenghua YU, David Asher and Jürgen Rendtel (credit Vincent Loughran).
The audience during the opening speeches (credit Vincent Loughran).
The welcome speach by Jim Speers, Mayor of Armagh City and District (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
The welcome speach by Mark Bailey, Director of Armagh Observatory (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
The welcome speach by Jürgen Rendtel, President of the International Meteor Organization (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Invited lecture by Bill Cooke: ‘Uses of amateur meteor data in NASA spacecraft operations and design’ (credit Vincent Loughran).
Invited lecture by Bill Cooke: ‘Uses of amateur meteor data in NASA spacecraft operations and design’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Invited lecture by Bill Cooke: ‘Uses of amateur meteor data in NASA spacecraft operations and design’, comparing predictions with the latest IMO data (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
imc2010_129gt When the IMC participants left the lecture room for the coffee break, an unforgettable surprise awaited them in the hall: the “Meteor Song” performed by children from Mount St Cathernie’s Primary School Armagh and the Armagh Rhymers (credit EurAstro – Giancarlo Tomezzoli).
A warm welcome to Armagh with the OASES performance by children from Mount St Cathernie’s Primary School Armagh and the Armagh Rhymers, one of most beautiful memories of this IMC (credit Vincent Loughran).
The IMC participants happily surprised with the OASES intermezzo, from l.to r. we see Shy Halatzi, Anna Kartashova, Nastassia Smeets, Tom Roelandts, Marc Neijts François Colas, Galina Ryabova, Frans Lowiessen, Felix Bettonvil, Mariusz Wiśniewski, a student, Bernadette Foley, Christian steyaert, Hans-Georg Schmidt, ?? and Rishi Shah. On the Floor Dragana Okolic with her sons Dusan and Uros (credit Thomas Grau).
OASES performance by local children and the Armagh Rhymers, Irish dance on solar system scale (credit Vincent Loughran).
OASES performance by local children and the Armagh Rhymers, Irish dance on solar system scale (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
OASES performance by local children and the Armagh Rhymers, Irish dance on solar system scale (credit Thomas Grau).
OASES performance by local children and the Armagh Rhymers, Irish dance on solar system scale (credit Vincent Loughran).
The Armagh Rhymers with the children showing the flags of all 25 countries present (credit Thomas Grau).
A great applaus by the IMC participants (credit Vincent Loughran).
A great applaus by the IMC participants (credit Vincent Loughran).
From l. to r. Jürgen Rendtel, William Cooke, Mark Bailey, Jim Speers and Miruna Popescu with four children of the Mount St Cathernie’s Primary School Armagh (credit Anna Kartashova).
The exhibition of the meteor art work by the children from Mount St Cathernie’s Primary School Armagh with Miruna Popescu, Chris Trayner and Frans Lowiessen (credit Miruna Popescu).
Miruna Popescu introducing ‘Shaun the sheep’ with session chairman Sirko Molau in the middle and Marc Gyssens at right (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Pete Gural: ‘The California All-sky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) System and Video Systems Trade-off Study’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Pete Gural: ‘The California All-sky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS) System and Video Systems Trade-off Study’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Filip Novoselnik & Denis Vida: ‘Croatian Meteor Network: data reduction and analysis’ (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
Lecture by Filip Novoselnik & Denis Vida: ‘Croatian Meteor Network: data reduction and analysis’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Filip Novoselnik & Denis Vida: ‘Croatian Meteor Network: data reduction and analysis’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Rafael Barrios: ‘Perseids & Geminids 2009 in Venezuela’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Rafael Barrios: ‘Perseids & Geminids 2009 in Venezuela’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Raka Dabhade & Vaibhav Savant: ‘Meteor Observations from the Indian Sub-continent’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Raka Dabhade: ‘Meteor Observations from the Indian Sub-continent’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Vaibhav Savant: ‘Meteor Observations from the Indian Sub-continent’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Prakash Atreya: ‘French Meteor Network (PODET-NET)’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Prakash Atreya: ‘French Meteor Network (PODET-NET)’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Chris Peterson: ‘Report on the operation of the Colorado Allsky Camera Network’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Chris Peterson: ‘Report on the operation of the Colorado Allsky Camera Network’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Chris Peterson: ‘Report on the operation of the Colorado Allsky Camera Network’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Friday noon lunch in the Market Place Theatre. At left we see Luc Bastiaens and Frans Lowiessen, right from the center Javor Kac (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Friday noon lunch in the Market Place Theatre. In front from l.to r. we see Tom Roelandts, Luc Bastiaens, Frans Lowiessen and Nastassia Smeets. Jan Verbert is in front (back) (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Friday noon lunch in the Market Place Theatre, time for some informal chat (credit Thomas Grau).
130 Irish souvenir teddy bears aund Shaun the Sheep looking forward to meet their future owner (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Gerhard Drolshagen (invited): ‘ESA’s activities related to the meteoroid environment’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Gerhard Drolshagen (invited): ‘ESA’s activities related to the meteoroid environment’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Sirko Molau: ‘Towards flux rates from video meteor observations’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Francisco Ocaña González: ‘Algorithm to compute meteoroid flux densities and spatial number densities from video observation data’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Francisco Ocaña González: ‘Algorithm to compute meteoroid flux densities and spatial number densities from video observation data’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Chris Steyaert: ‘Combined determination of stream activity and Observability Function from forward scatter radio observations’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Chris Steyaert: ‘Combined determination of stream activity and Observability Function from forward scatter radio observations’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Detlef Koschny: ‘Meteor light curves derived from the VMO’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Detlef Koschny demonstrating live some SQL queries: ‘Meteor light curves derived from the VMO’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Detlef Koschny and the instant result of his SQL query: ‘Meteor light curves derived from the VMO’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Anastasios Margonis: ‘Results from the 2010 Perseids Campaign using the SPOSH Camera’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Anastasios Margonis: ‘Results from the 2010 Perseids Campaign using the SPOSH Camera’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Jürgen Rendtel: ‘High-inclination autumn showers from video meteor network data’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Jürgen Rendtel: ‘High-inclination autumn showers from video meteor network data’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Poster session: ‘Perseids 2010 in Romania’ by Valentin Grigore (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Poster session: Valentin Grigore, Deirdre Kelleghan and Andrei Dorian Gheorge (credit Hans-Georg schmidt).
Poster session: ‘Meteorite Kosice – The Fall in Slovakia’ by Stanislav Kaniansky (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Poster session: ‘Meteor Beliefs Project: False Meteorites in Britain’ by Alastair McBeath and David Entwistle (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Poster session: Anna Kartashova with ‘Determination of meteor influx (index of meteor activity) to the Earth’ (credit Anna Kartashova).
David C. Cullen at the poster session (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).
Poster session with the authors explaining their paper (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Poster session with from l.to r. Casper ter Kuile (edge), Rafael Barrios, Alex Tudorica, Adriana Nicolae (looking away), Jürgen Rendtel, Adrian Pruna, someone’s back, Robert Pomohaci, some backs, Valentin Grigore talking to Javor Kac and Mitja Govedič (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
IMO treasurer Marc Gyssens at work (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).
Coffee break Friday afternoon, from l.to r. Casper ter Kuile, Jan Verbert (back), Uros Bettonvil, Stijn Calders (back), Dušan and Felix Bettonvil, Frans Lowiessen, Marc Neijts and Arnold Tukkers (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Coffee break Friday afternoon, fireball men Thomas Grau and André Knöfel (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Coffee break Friday afternoon, From l.to r. Detlef Koschny, Gerhard Drolshagen, Chris Peterson, Pete Gural and Hans-Georg Schmidt (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Coffee break Friday afternoon, Nagatoshi Nogami, Irmgard Schmidt and Hans-Georg Schmidt (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Abedin Abedin: ‘Cascading fragmentation of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Abedin Abedin: ‘Cascading fragmentation of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Jérémie Vaubaillon: ‘2011 Draconids: outburst or meteor storm?’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Jérémie Vaubaillon: ‘2011 Draconids: outburst or meteor storm?’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Suresh Bhattarai: ‘Visual Observation of meteors in Nepal’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Suresh Bhattarai: ‘Visual Observation of meteors in Nepal’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Bill Ward: ‘Video meteor spectra’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Hervé Lamy: ‘BRAMS: the Belgian RAdio Meteor Stations’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Hervé Lamy: ‘BRAMS: the Belgian RAdio Meteor Stations’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Hervé Lamy: ‘BRAMS: the Belgian RAdio Meteor Stations’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Hervé Lamy: ‘BRAMS: the Belgian RAdio Meteor Stations’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Megan Argo: ‘The Jodrell Bank Meteor Detector’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Megan Argo: ‘The Jodrell Bank Meteor Detector’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Geoffrey Grayer: ‘Electrostatic observations of the 2010 Perseids’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Jean-Louis Rault: ‘Epsilons, Cs, Corkscrews and Co’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Jean-Louis Rault: ‘Epsilons, Cs, Corkscrews and Co’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Jean-Louis Rault: ‘Epsilons, Cs, Corkscrews and Co’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Dinner Friday evening in the Youth Hostel in the middle we see Dagmar and Roland Winkler, Denis Vida (back), Damir Šegon, Filip Novoselnik (back) and Ivica Skokic (credit Paul Roggemans).
Dinner Friday evening in the Youth Hostel (credit Paul Roggemans).
Dinner Friday evening in the Youth Hostel: from l.to r. Jan Verbert, someone hidden, Stanislav Kaniansky, Eduard Pittich, Nina Solovaya, Katya Koleva, Martin Lambert (back), Adriana Nicolae, Abedin Abedin, Chris Peterson, David Moore (back) and Malcolm Currie (credit Paul Roggemans).
Friday evening dinner happened in two shifts to give room to the radio workshop chaired by Jean-Louis Rault, here Christian Steyaert during his contribution to the workshop (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
Friday evening dinner happened in two shifts to give room to the radio workshop chaired by Jean-Louis Rault, here Geoffrey Grayer during his contribution to the workshop (credit EurAstro – Giancarlo Tomezzoli).
Friday evening dinner happened in two shifts to give room to the radio workshop chaired by Jean-Louis Rault, here Galina Ryabova during his contribution to the workshop (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: Bernd Brinkmann and Marcel Skreda (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: Sylvain Bouley, Julia Marin-Yaseli de la Parra, Anastasios Margonis and Francisco Ocaña (credit Geert Barentsen).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: Mirosław Krasnowski and Przemysław Żołądek (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: Stijn Calders, Jonathan McAuliffe and Sirko Molau (credit Geert Barentsen).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: from l.to r.Paul Roggemans, Elise Ijland, Casper ter Kuile, Arnold Tukkers and Adriana Nicolae (credit Jos Nijland).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: from l.to r. Raka Dabhade, Arnold Tukkers, Vaibhav Savant, Jos Nijland, Alex Tudorica, Frans Lowiessen, Antonio Martinez Picar, Dragana Okolic, Shy Halatzi, Nastassia Smeets and John Crowley (credit Paul Roggemans).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: from l.to r. Frans Lowiesen, Galina Ryabova, Mark Neijts, Antonio Martinez, Cis Verbeeck and François Colas (credit Jos Nijland).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: Sirko Molau, Javor Kac, Geert Barentsen and Rainer Arlt (credit Geert Barentsen).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: from l.to r. Nastassia Smeets, Katya Koleva, Mitja Govedič, Alex Tudorica, Luc Bastiaens, Peter Stewart (back), Bill Ward and Hervé Lamy (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: from l.to r. Ine Hillestad Larsen, Marc Gyssens, Roland Winkler, Dagmar Winkler and Trond Erik Hillestad (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: the Armagh Rhymers (credit Paul Roggemans).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: from l.to r. John Crowley, Geert Barentsen, Sylvain Bouley, Jérémie Vaubaillon and the Armagh Rhymers (credit Paul Roggemans).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: from l.to r. Prakash Atreya, Jan Verbert, Jérémie Vaubaillon and Nagatoshi Nogami (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: from l.to r. Grigoris Maravelias, Geert Barentsen, ?, Anastasios Margonis, Katya Koleva, Megan Argo and Nastassia Smeets (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Social evening in the Turners Pub: from l.to r. Jonathan McAuliffe, Sylvain Bouley and the Armagh Rhymers assuring the warm Irish hospitality with music (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Friday on Saturday night, while most IMC participants enjoyed the Irish music and drinks in the Turners Pub, some went to the observatory and observed here Giancarlo Tomezzoli at the eyepiece (credit EurAstro – Giancarlo Tomezzoli).
Friday on Saturday night, while most IMC participants enjoyed the Irish music and drinks in the Turners Pub, some went to the observatory and observed with Apostolos Christou (credit EurAstro – Giancarlo Tomezzoli).
Lecture by Detlef Koschny:’Report from the Fireball Workshop’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Jean-Louis Rault:’Report from the Radio Workshop’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Martin Towner:’Latest results from the Desert Fireball Network’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Martin Towner:’Latest results from the Desert Fireball Network’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Casper ter Kuile:’Asteroid 2008 TC3 expedition to Sudan’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Felix Bettonvil:’Design of the ‘optimal’ All-sky camera for amateurs’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Maria Gritsevich:’Fireball aerodynamics and luminosity’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Lidia Egorova:’Modern models of fracture meteoroids’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Lidia Egorova:’Modern models of fracture meteoroids’ (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
Lecture by David C. Cullen:’Hypervelocity artificial meteoroids experiment (HAM-E)’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by David C. Cullen:’Hypervelocity artificial meteoroids experiment (HAM-E)’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Miruna Popescu joins the session chairman Detlef Koschny with announcement about the group photo (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
IMO President Jürgen Rendtel draws a winner out of the survey forms, carefully watched by David Asher, Marc Gyssens and Apostolos Christou (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
The winner of the bottle Irish cream, Eliška Anna Kubičková looking for the winner of ‘Shaun’ (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
IMO Treasurer Marc Gyssens draws the winner of the ‘Sheep Shaun’ shown by Miruna Popescu (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
The official group photo: 1 Bernd Brinkmann; 2 Geert Barentsen; 3 Robert Pomohaci; 4 Julia Marin-Yaseli de la Parra; 5 Jérémie Vaubaillon; 6 Hans-Georg Schmidt; 7 Irmgard Schmidt; 8 Grigoris Maravelias; 9 Bharath Giri; 10 John McFarland; 11 Marcel Skreka; 12 Hervé Lamy; 13 Stanislav Kaniansky; 14 Iwan Smith; 15 Apostolos Christou; 16 Anastasios Margonis; 17 Michael O’Connell; 18 Alexandru Grigore; 19 Bill Ward; 20 Richard White; 21 Mitja Govedič; 22 Tom Roelandts; 23 Przemysław Żołądek; 24 Dagmar Winkler; 25 Roland Winkler; 26 Ivica Pletikosa; 27 Geoffrey Grayer; 28 Detlef Koschny; 29 Thomas Grau; 30 Rishi Shah; 31 Shy Halatzi; 32 Adrian Pruna; 33 Antonio Martinez Picar; 34 Pat O’Neill; 35 Andrey Murtazov; 36 Nina Murtazova; 37 Maria Gritsevich; 38 Anna Kartashova; 39 Andrei Dorian Gheorghe; 40 Sirko Molau; 41 Shenghua Yu; 42 Bernadette Foley; 43 Mariusz Wiśniewski; 44 Mirosław Krasnowski; 45 Ivica Skokic; 46 Lovro Pavletić; 47 Denis Vida; 48 Filip Novoselnik; 49 Rainer Arlt; 50 Paul Craft; 51 Pete Gural; 52 Chris Peterson; 53 Mark Bailey; 54 Lidia Egorova; 55 André Knöfel; 56 Trond Erik Hillestad; 57 Casper ter Kuile; 58 David Moore; 59 Jos Nijland; 60 Ine Hillestad Larsen; 61 Martin Towner; 62 David Cullen; 63 Sylvain Bouley; 64 Peter Stewart; 65 Giancarlo Tomezzoli; 66 Jan Verbert; 67 Cis Verbeeck; 68 Nina Solovaya; 69 Eduard Pittich; 70 Luc Bastiaens; 71 Katya Koleva; 72 Stijn Calders; 73 Adriana Nicolae; 74 Paul Roggemans; 75 Arnold Tukkers; 76 Damir Šegon; 77 Javor Kac; 78 Martin Lambert; 79 David Asher; 80 Abedin Abedin; 81 François Colas; 82 Tony Markham; 83 Marc Neijts; 84 Nastassia Smeets; 85 Gerhard Drolshagen; 86 Graham Pointer; 87 Rafael Barrios; 88 Francisco Ocaña; 89 Elise IJland; 90 Malcolm Currie; 91 Frans Lowiessen; 92 Chris Steyaert; 93 Jean-Louis Rault; 94 Christian Paillart; 95 Alex Tudorica; 96 Valentin Grigore; 97 Galina Ryabova; 98 Megan Argo; 99 Eliška Anna Kubičková; 100 Chris Trayner; 101 Urška Pajer; 102 Jürgen Rendtel; 103 Raka Dabhade; 104 Vaibhav Savant; 105 Seanie Morris; 106 Jean-Luc Dighaye; 107 Bharat Aryal; 108 Dusan Bettonvil; 109 Felix Bettonvil; 110 Uros Bettonvil; 111 Dragana Okolic; 112 Shaun the Sheep (credit LOC).
View from inside the group during the group photo (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
The group for the group photo seen from left (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The group photo (credit Rafael Barrios).
The group for the group photo seen from left (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
The group for the group photo seen from left (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
Lecture by Anna Kartashova:’Measurements of celestial coordinates of meteor events registered by TV systems’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Eliška Anna Kubičková:’Computer vision in meteor research’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Eliška Anna Kubičková:’Computer vision in meteor research’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Ivan Sauli:’MeteorFinder – New meteor detector software’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Having been lucky with the group photo as Jean-Louis Rault showed a little after the photo it rained ‘cats and dogs’ outside (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
Lecture by Mariusz Wiśniewski:’Video Meteor Astrometry’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Damir Šegon:’On astrometry of very bright video meteors’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Damir Šegon:’On astrometry of very bright video meteors’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Julia Marin-Yaseli de la Parra:’RANBO: An N-body simulator for radiant determination’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Julia Marin-Yaseli de la Parra:’RANBO: An N-body simulator for radiant determination’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by John McFarland and David Asher:’The meteor work of E.J.Opik at the Armagh Observatory’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Excursion Saturday afternoon started with a walk through the rain from the Youth Hostel to the Observatory, from l.to r. Filip Novoselnik, Denis Vida, Marcel Skreda, Robert Pomohaci, Adrian Pruna, Ine Hillestad Larsen and Trond Erik Hillestad, Francisco Ocaña, Cis Verbeeck, Luc Bastiaens, Katya Koleva, Przemysław Żołądek and Mirosław Krasnowski (credit Paul Roggemans).
Excursion Saturday afternoon started with a walk through the rain from the Youth Hostel to the Observatory. At the planetarium the group was splitted up because of the number of participants. From l.to r. Adriana Nicolae, Ine Hillestad Larsen and Trond Erik Hillestad, Przemysław Żołądek, Mirosław Krasnowski, Ivica Skokic, Stanislav Kaniansky, Mariusz Wiśniewski, Denis Vida (back), Hans-Georg Schmidt and Irmgard Schmidt (credit Paul Roggemans).
Saturday afternoon excursion to Navan Centre: during the bus transfer of a first group on the first 3 rows from l.to r. Tony Markham (at edge), Shy Halatzi, Malcolm Currie, Casper ter Kuile, Alex Tudorica, Elise Ijland, Roland Winkler, Arnold Tukkers and william Cooke (credit Thomas Grau).
Saturday afternoon excursion at Navan Centre. From l.to r. we see Eduard Pittich, Nina Solovaya, Naslim Neelamkodan, Chris Peterson, Chris Trayner, Malcolm Currie, Andrei Dorian Gheorge, Eliška Anna Kubičková and Sirko Molau (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre: the mysterious past of Navan brought alive in a spectacular audio visual presentation (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre, exhibition of the history of Navan and the archeologic finds, here a map of the people of Europe and the languages spoken at the time of the Navan habitation (credit Paul Roggemans).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre with a reconstruction of a Navan settlement at left Paul Roggemans (credit Paul Roggemans).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre with a reconstruction of a Navan settlement (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre: actors perform the daily life of the Navan tribes, cosy around the fire going from right to left Antonio Martinez Picar, Chris Trayner, Tony Markham, Bernadette Foley, Naslim Neelamkodan, Elise Ijland, Kamalam Vanninathan, Arnold Tukkers, Jos Nijland, Anna Kartashova, William Cooke, Terry Moseley, Christian Steyaert, Luc Bastiaens, Megan Argo, Geert Barentsen, Eliška Anna Kubičková and three ‘Navans’ (credit Valentin Grigore).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre: from l.to r. Alex Tudorica, Andrei Dorian, ?? and Alex Grigore (credit Valentin Grigore).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre: actors perform the daily life of the Navan tribes, cosy around the fire going from right in front ??, Valentin Grigore (white head), Antonio Martinez Picar, Tony Markham (with camera), Naslim Neelamkodan, Kamalam Vanninathan, Anna Kartashova, Terry Moseley, Luc Bastiaens, Christian Steyaert, Megan Argo, Geert Barentsen, Eliška Anna Kubičková and two ‘Navans’ (credit Thomas Grau).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre: the smoke and the warm wood fire felt like in ancient times (credit Geert Barentsen).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre, tasting bread produced like the Navan people did: we had dinner with the Navan 😉 from l.to r. Mariusz Wiśniewski, Lidia Egorova, Ine Hillestad Larsen, Cis Verbeeck, Marc Gyssens, Felix Bettonvil and Geert Barentsen (credit Paul Roggemans).
Saturday afternoon excursion at Navan Centre: actors perform the daily life of the Navan tribes (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Saturday afternoon visit to Navan Centre, Rishi Shah posing with our Navan hosts before their hut (credit Paul Roggemans).
Saturday afternoon visit to the Armagh observatory: refreshing the IMC participants’knowledge of Kepler’s laws in a very interactive way (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Mark Bailey directing the solar system with Rainer Arlt alias Earth, Lidia Egorova alias Venus and Suresh Bhattarai alias Mercury (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).
Saturday afternoon visit to the Armagh Observatory, Mark Bailey getting IMC participants on their orbit. At left Paul Roggemans, alias Jupiter while Denis Vida, Lovro Pavletić, Ivica Pletikosa and Javor Kac get dizzy on their inner planet orbits (credit Paul Roggemans).
Saturday afternoon visit to Armagh observatory: the large refractor, with from l.to r. Tony Markham, Richard White, Bill Ward, ?? (back), Luc Bastiaens, Antonio Martinez Picar, Malcolm Currie and Apostolos Christou (credit Thomas Grau).
Saturday afternoon visit to Armagh observatory: Apostolos Christou demonstrating one of the telescopes, with in the background Nina Murtazova and Andrey Murtazov (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Saturday afternoon visit to the Armagh Observatory, from l.to r. Denis Vida, Lovro Pavletić, Ivica Pletikosa and David Moore (credit Paul Roggemans).
John McFarland guiding through the Armagh Observatory, at right paul Roggemans photographing (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
John McFarland showing the legendary ‘rocking mirror’ designed by Ernst Öpik for meteor photography, at right Javor Kac and Lovro Pavletić (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
John McFarland explaining the history of the observatory (credit Valentin Grigore).
The meteor camera battery on the roof of the Armagh Observatory (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
John McFarland showing the oldest still functional telescope of Armagh Observatory (credit EurAstro – Jean-Luc Dighaye).
Saturday evening dinner with ‘Indian Take away’ from l.to r. Jan Verbert, Megan Argo (back), Jürgen Rendtel, Suresh Bhattarai, Bernd Brinkmann, Prakash Atreya (back), Rishi Shah and David Asher (back) (credit Rafael Barrios).
Saturday evening dinner with ‘Indian Take away’ from l.to r. Frans Lowiessen, Marc Neijts, Felix Bettonvil, Thomas Grau (back), Uros Bettonvil and Dragana Okolic (credit Rafael Barrios).
Saturday evening IMO General Assembly with Treasurer Marc Gyssens commenting the financial budget and IMO President Jürgen Rendtel (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Saturday evening IMO General Assembly Valentin Grigore with two proposals for future IMC’s: Sibiu in Romania for 2011 and La Palma, Spain for 2012 (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Saturday last night of the IMC with Nagatoshi Nogami: ‘A meteorite poem from ancient China’ (credit Thomas Grau).
Saturday last night of the IMC with Thomas Grau, William Cooke and Chris Peterson (credit Thomas Grau).
Saturday last night of the IMC with Andrei Dorian Gheorge: ‘International Astropoetry Show’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Astro-Poetry show: The director of the Astropoetry Show, Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (Romania), dedicated his contribution to the memory of his mother, Steliana Gheorghe (credit Valentin Grigore).
Saturday last night of the IMC with Sylvain Bouley and Jérémie Vaubaillon with the IMC Song, Jonathan Mac Auliffe at guitar, Geert Barentsen harmonica and Antonio Martinez Picar drum (credit Thomas Grau).
Saturday last night of the IMC with Sylvain Bouley and Jérémie Vaubaillon with the IMC Song, Jonathan McAuliffe at guitar, Geert Barentsen harmonica and Antonio Martinez Picar drum (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).
Astro-Poetry show: Lovro Pavletic (Croatia) performed a classical guitar piece (credit Valentin Grigore).
Astro-Poetry show: Paul Roggemans recalling some meteor anecdotes (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: The next act was a mini-comedy by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe, dedicated to the December meteor shower Geminids, in which the author was the Common (Meteor) Observer. Cristian Daniel Grigore and Alexandru Sebastian Grigore (Valentin Grigore’s sons) were the stars Castor and Pollux, and Przemyslaw Zoladek (Poland) was the Drunken (Meteor) Observer (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: David Asher and Miruna Popescu (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Terry Moseley continued to represent Irish astronomical poetry (credit Valentin Grigore).
Astro-Poetry show: Bernadette Foley with more Irish astronomical poetry (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Sean Morris with more Irish astronomical poetry (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Jonathan McAuliffe with a funny song assisted by Geert Barentsen (harmonica) and Antonio Martinez (drum) (credit Jos Nijland).
Astro-Poetry show: Then the IMC participants welcomed the return of Geoffrey Grayer (England, UK) to the Astropoetry Show after two years’ absence: I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY! (credit Valentin Grigore).
Astro-Poetry show: After that Andrei Dorian Gheorghe tried to create an Elizabethan atmosphere with his second mini-comedy, Perseid Meteor Race, helped by Antonio Martinez Picar and his drum (as the Heart of the Atmosphere). The author played the Fat Fireball, Valentin Grigore was the constellation Perseus, Nastassia Smeets (Belgium) was the Moon, Alexandru Sebastian Grigore, Cristian Daniel Grigore, Robert Pomohaci and Adrian Pruna (all from Romania) were the Merry Meteors (credit Valentin Grigore).
Astro-Poetry show: Galina Ryabova with a Haiku (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Nagatoshi Nogami with a Haiku (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Suresh Bhattarai with a poem (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Then, the best voice of the IMC, Frans Lowiessen, sang an old sailor song adapted for meteor lovers (accompanied by Jonathan McAuliffe – guitar – and Antonio Martinez Picar – drum (credit Jos Nijland).
Astro-Poetry show: In the third mini-comedy by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe (bottom right), the characters were three constellations: with the author as Pegasus, Valentin Grigore (right) as Perseus, and Adriana Nicolae (left) as Andromeda. The musical background was provided by Stanislav Kaniansky (center) on the guitar (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Astro-Poetry show: Another IMC personality, Marc Gyssens, gave a memorable speech: IMO, ASTRONOMY AND FRIENDSHIP (credit Jos Nijland).
Astro-Poetry show: The last musical presentation belonged to Antonio Martinez Picar and his drum, playing Meteorite Fall on the Moon 2 (credit Jos Nijland).
Astro-Poetry show: The final act of the Astropoetry Show 2010 was an international collective improvisation. It was based on a question put forth by Andrei Dorian Gheorghe as the Atmospheric Responsible (for this role he borrowed a “constellated” umbrella from Staniskav Kaniansky – as the meteors seem to come from constellations) and the metaphoric and victorious replies from 11 Personified Meteors from major meteor showers. The first to enter is Casper ter Kuile alias Quadrantid (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Lyrid Grigoris Maravelias? (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Eta Aquarid Arnold Tukkers? (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Alpha Capricornid Detlef Koschny? (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Perseid Hans-Georg Schmidt? (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Trio Kappa Cygnid Nastassia Smeets, Urška Pajer and Elise Ijland? (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Draconid Vaibhav Savant? (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Orionid Jos Nijland? (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Leonid Shy Halatzi? (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Phoenicid Megan Argo (and not Argo Navis)? (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Astro-Poetry show: Why do you want to enter the atmosphere, Geminid Cis Verbeeck? (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Jérémie Vaubaillon and Katya Koleva (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Shy Halazi prepared some pudding in the kitchen, tasted by many IMC participants from l.to r. Grigoris Maravelias, Andrei Dorian Gheorge, Megan Argo, Nagatoshi Nogami and Nastassia Smeets (back) (credit Adriana Nicolae).
Sunday morning from l.to r. David Asher (back), Rishi Shah, John O’Neill, John Flannery, Pat O’Neill, Giancarlo Tomezzoli and Jean-Luc Dighaye (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Invited lecture by Mike Simms:’To here from eternity: the story of the Bovedy, Crumlin and Leighlinbridge meteorites’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Invited lecture by Mike Simms:’To here from eternity: the story of the Bovedy, Crumlin and Leighlinbridge meteorites’ (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).
Lecture by Apostolos Christou:’The Armagh Observatory meteor cameras’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Prakash Atreya:’SPARVM software and selected results from the Armagh Observatory Meteor Database’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Francisco Ocaña:’Setting a Fireball detection station at UCM Observatory: techniques and challenges’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Sylvain Bouley:’Nature of impact flashes on the Moon’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Valentin Grigore and Andrei Dorian Gheorge:’Cultural meteors for the International Year of Astronomy 2009′ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Lecture by Rainer Arlt:’Conference outlook’ (credit Bernd Brinkmann).
Sunday noon lunch: Julia Marin-Yaseli de la Parra, Chris Peterson, Urška Pajer, Francisco Ocaña and Jonathan McAuliffe (credit Geert Barentsen).
Sunday noon lunch: The Youth hostels require guests to run their own kitchen here, Galina Ryabova and Anna Kartashova at work (credit Geert Barentsen).
Miruna Popescu distributing the food at the lunch (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).
Malcolm Currie Sunday 19 September 2010 (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).
Suresh Bhattarai and Jérémie Vaubaillon (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).
WGN editors-in-chief for the past 32 years: from right to left Paul Roggemans (1978-1986), Marc Gyssens (1987-2002), Rainer Arlt (acting eidtor-in-chief dec.2001-dec.2002), Chris Trayner (2003-2008) and Javor Kac (since 2009) (credit Trond Erik Hillestad).