- 15th meeting
- Local organizers: Urijan Poerink, Marc Neijts, Felix Bettonvil and Annemieke Zwaans (KNVWS Meteor Section).
- 61 participants from 12 countries: Belgium (5), Bulgaria (2), Croatia (2), Germany (11), Japan (1), Malta (4), the Netherlands (19), Romania (3), Serbia (3), Slovakia (6), Slovenia (1) and U.K. (4).
- 25 presentations, all of which were included in the Proceedings.
- IMC 1996 Proceedings (ISBN 978-2-87355-008-0): 143 pages (eds. André Knöfel, Paul Roggemans).
- Contents: Perseids 1988-1996 – Leonid workshop – radiant simulation – suspected new radiants – meteor color index – meteor software – video observation and results – automatic meteor detection on video – forward scatter sensitivity – meteor burst communication – VLF detection.
- Participation fee 98 Euro.
The 1996 IMC was organized at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the NVWS Meteor Section and was hosted in the youth hostel “De Grote Beer” which is named after the constellation “Great Bear or Ursa Major”. Two founding members of the Dutch meteor group, Prof. Cees de Jager and Hugo van Woerden, presented invited papers. A festive program with a small orchestra, a string trio bringing styleful classical music, and perfect organization marked this IMC as a relaxed, informal event. The traditional excursion this time brought us to the royal palace “Het Loo” in Apeldoorn, a palace built in 1686 by William III and his wife Mary II of England, King and Queen of England. At this IMC video and radio observations got plenty of attention as well as the first experience of with the IMO website online.
Acknowledgement: We thank Urijan Poerink, Casper ter Kuile and Valentin Velkov for providing photographs, Felix Bettonvil, Joost Hartman and Urška Pajer for their comments for this overview of the 1996 IMC.
The Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Apeldoorn 1996.
Sirko Molau and André Knöfel on the laptops (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Henry Hendriks in front and Urijan Poerink and Joost Hartman behind him (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Neven Grbac, Marc Neijts and Axel Haas at the PC’s (credit Urijan Poerink).
Jacob Kuiper at the PC (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The audience, from l.to r. Ralf Koschack, Marc Gyssens, Marc de Lignie, Alastair McBeath, Valentin Velkov, Eva Bozhurova, Casper ter Kuile, Jacob Kuiper, Sirko Molau, Mirko Nitschke, Marc Neijts, Rainer Arlt and André Knöfel in front (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The audience from l.to r. Jürgen Rendtel, Tom Roelandts, Cis Verbeeck, Hugo van Woerden, Jean-Marc Wislez, Marc Gyssens, Alastair McBeath, Eva Bozhurova, Valentin Velkov, Sirko Molau, Marko Nitschke and Jacob Kuiper (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Rainer Arlt presenting: ‘Radiants from Simulated Meteors’ (credit Urijan Poerink).
Eva Bozhurova and Valentin Velkov with a poet presentation (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Eva Bozhurova and Valentin Velkov with a poet presentation (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin velkov).
The audience from l.to r. Hugo van Woerden, Tom Roelandts, Alastair McBeath, Jürgen Rendtel, Cis Verbeeck, Jean-Marc Wislez, Valentin Velkov, Mirko Nitschke and Sirko Molau (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Sirko Molau presenting ‘IMO goes on line’ (credit Urijan Poerink).
Sirko Molau with an humoristic note (credit Urijan Poerink).
The IMC posters (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Dutch Meteor Society showed lots of photographic equipment (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Camera’s needed films in past times (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Is Jacob Kuiper looking for a rotating shutter haircut ? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Video equipment (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Jürgen Rendtel presenting the Workshop for the coming Leonid Returns (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Chris Trayner, Henry Henriks and Urijan Poerink (credit Casper ter Kuile).
From l.to r. Jacob Kuiper, André Knöfel, Marco Langbroek, Erwin van Ballegoy, Marc de Lignie and Nagatoshi Nogami (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Jacob Kuiper and André Knöfel (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Exchanging photographs ? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Free evening chat: at left Neven Grbac, at the table in the centre André Knöfel, Marco Langbroek, Sirko Molau, Mirko Nitschke, Detlef Koschny, Manuela Trenn and Axel Haas, at right Danut Ionescu and Visili Micu and in the top right Ina Rendtel and the IMO bookshop (credit Urijan Poerink).
From l.to r. Rainer Arlt, Manuela Trenn, Alastair McBeath, Eva Bozhurova and Valentin Velkov (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin velkov).
Marc Gyssens and Rainer Arlt (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin velkov).
Free evening chat from l. to r.: Vladimir Lukic, Valentin Velkov, Neven Grbac, Eva Buzhorova (partly hidden), Anne van Weerden (back), Henry Hendriks (back) and Nikola Biliškov (partly hidden) (credit Urijan Poerink).
Marc de Lignie presenting: ‘Double Station Observations of the 1995 Alpha Monocerotid outburst’ (credit Urijan Poerink).
Mirko Nitschke presenting: ‘New TV Cameras for Meteor Setection: Techniques and First Results’ (credit Urijan Poerink).
Chris Trayner presenting: ‘Automatic Detection of Meteors from CCD Images’ (credit Urijan Poerink).
Preparing for the group photograph, in front Nikola Biliškov (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Preparing for the group photo (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin velkov).
Seated from l.to r.Daniel Ocenas, Ina Rendtel, Vasili Micu, Ralf Koschack, Marc Gyssens, Detlef Koschny, Peter Zimnikoval, Beata Zimnikovalova, Jacob Kuiper and Pavol Rapavy. Standing from l.to r. Jürgen Rendtel, Desirée Bouw, Jacques Bouw , Manuela Trenn, Rainer Arlt, Nagatoshi Nogami, ?? and Eva Bozhurova (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Seated from l.to r. Jean-Marc Wislez, Neven Grbac, Daniel Ocenas, Marc Gyssens, Detlef Koschny, Ina Rendtel, Ralf Koschack, Peter Zimnikoval, Beata Zimnikovalova and Pavol Rapavy (looking away). Standing from l.to r. Marija Gajic, Urška Pajer, Marc Neijts, Dragana Okolić, Felix Bettonvil, Marco Langbroek, Chris Trayner, ??, Sirko Molau, Alastair McBeath, André Knöfel and Godfrey Baldacchino (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The group photo : Seated from l.to r.Daniel Ocenas, Vasili Micu, Marc Gyssens, Detlef Koschny, Jacob Kuiper, Ina Rendtel, Ralf Koschack, Peter Zimnikoval, Beata Zimnikovalova, Pavol Rapavy and Jaroslav Gerbos. Standing from l.to r. Marija Gajic, Marc Neijts, Urška Pajer, Dragana Okolić, Felix Bettonvil, ??, Cis Verbeeck, Marco Langbroek, Tom Roelandts, Jürgen Rendtel, Valentin Velkov, Chris Trayner, Alastair McBeath, Axel Haas, Sirko Molau, Godfrey Baldacchino, André Knöfel, Marc de Lignie, Paul Roggemans, Ulrich Sperberg, Desirée Bouw, Nikola Biliškov, Jacques Bouw, Dick Gevers, Mirko Nitschke, Manuela Trenn, Hugo van Woerden, Rainer Arlt, Anne van Weerden, Jean-Marc Wislez and Nagatoshi Nogami (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the group photo (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin velkov).
Marija Gajic, Urška Pajer, Dragana Okolić, Felix Bettonvil, Marco Langbroek, Chris Trayner, Cis Verbeeck, Tom Roelandts, Sirko Molau, ??, Alastair McBeath and André Knöfel (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Seated from l.to r. Neven Grbac, Daniel Ocenas, Vasili Micu, Marc Gyssens, Ina Rendtel, Detlef Koschny, Jacob Kuiper, Ralf Koschack, Peter Zimnikoval, Beata Zimnikovalova and Pavol Rapavy. Standing from l.to r. Marija Gajic, Marc Neijts, ??,Urška Pajer, Dragana Okolić, ??, Felix Bettonvil, Axel Haas, Marco Langbroek, Tom Roelandts (hidden), Marc de Lignie (hidden), Godfrey Baldacchino, Chris Trayner, Sirko Molau, André Knöfel, Dick Gevers, Ulrich Sperberg, Nikola Biliškov, Desirée Bouw, Hugo van Woerden, Jacques Bouw, Mirko Nitschke, Anne van Weerden, Manuela Trenn, Rainer Arlt and Nagatoshi Nogami (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Waiting for the excursion, from l.to r. ??, Dragana Okolić, Désirée Bouw, Marc Gyssens, Cis Verbeeck, Vasili Micu, ??, Jean-Marc Wislez, Casper ter Kuile and Marc de Lignie (credit Urijan Poerink).
The Palace ‘Het Loo’, destination of the excursion (credit Urijan Poerink).
The excursion to the Royal Palace ‘Het Loo’ in Apeldoorn. The LOC with Dick Gevers, Jacob Kuiper, Désirée Bouw, Annemieke Zwaans, Felix Bettonvil, Dragana Okolić, Joost Hartman, Urijan Poerink and Jacques Bouw (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The group photo at the excursion : first row from l.to r. Marc Gyssens, Urijan Poerink, Marc de Lignie, Jacob Kuiper, Casper ter Kuile, Jacques Bouw and Jürgen Rendtel. Second row : Danut Ionescu, Tom Roelandts, Cis Verbeeck, Peter Zimnikoval, Beata Zimnikovalova, Daniel Ocenas, Urška Pajer, Ulrich Sperberg (with camera) and Ralf Koschack. Third Raw : Godfrey Baldacchino, Jean-Marc Wislez, Vasili Micu, Pavol Kvackay, Nikola Biliškov, Shelagh Godwin, Jim Godwin. Fourth row : James Baldacchino, Lucas Baldacchino, Anna Baldachino, Marija Gajic, Vladimir Lukić, Paul Roggemans, Neven Grbac, Ina Rendtel, Eva Bozhurova and André Knöfel. Last rows : Sirko Molau, Axel Haas (photographing), Chris Trayner, Alastair McBeath, Detlef Koschny, Jaroslac Gerbos, Manuela Trenn, Rainer Arlt, Pavol Rapavy (standing with camera), Désirée Bouw, Dragana Okolić, Felix Bettonvil, Annemieke Zwaans and Dick Gevers (credit Casper ter Kuile).
View on the English garden of the palace (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Palace ‘Het Loo’ and its magnificent gardens (credit Urijan Poerink).
View on the English garden of the palace (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin velkov).
The garden is inspired on the famous castles of Versailles (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The fontains in the garden (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Dragana Okolić testing Earth’s gravity (credit Casper ter Kuile).
A guided tour in the garden (credit Casper ter Kuile).
A guided tour in the garden (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin velkov).
Marc Neijts cutting the anniversary cake for ’50 Years Werkgroep Meteoren NVWS’ (credit Urijan Poerink).
Vladimir Lukic and Dragana Okolić (credit Urijan Poerink).
Hugo van Woerden explaining the history of the Werkgroep Meteoren NVWS (credit Urijan Poerink).
The public, from j.to r. ??, ??, Eva Bozhurova, Marc de Lignie, Vasile Micu, Casper ter Kuile, Shelagh Godwin and Jim Godwin (credit Urijan Poerink).
The anniversary reception with invited people at the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the NVWS Werkgroep Meteoren (credit Urijan Poerink).
A string trio provided styleful classical music during the reception (credit Urijan Poerink).
The festivity evening: in front ??, Valentin Velkov, Pavol Kvackay talking to Daniel Ocenas near the door, Jaroslav Gerbos (looking away), Eva Bozhurova, Sirko Molau (half hidden), Jürgen Rendtel, Pavol Rapavy and Beata Zimnikovalova (credit Urijan Poerink).
Detlef Koschny presenting ‘Parallel Observations Between a Backscatter Radar System and an Image Intensified Video Camera’ (credit Urijan Poerink).
Alastair McBeath presenting ‘Dark Meteor Database Update’ (credit Urijan Poerink).
C. de Jager presenting ‘Presolar Inclusions in Meteorites: Evidence for the Presolar Environment’ (credit Urijan Poerink).
Jürgen Rendtel with the closing words for the 1996 IMC (credit Urijan Poerink).