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Pullach (Munich) - Germany, 21-23 November 1980

  • 2nd meeting
  • Local organizer: Hans-Georg Schmidt.
  • 31 participants from 4 countries: Austria (10), Belgium (2), Germany (18) and Switzerland (1).
  • About 10 presentations, no Proceedings were made
  • Participation fee 31 Euro.
The second Meteor Seminär involved mainly participants from Germany as well as several amateurs from Austria. Serious talks were proposed to standardize observing and reporting methods within FEMA (Federation European Meteor Astronomers). One of the participants and driving forces behind this idea, Andreas Rohr from Switzerland died in an accident in the high Alps after this meeting. At this meeting a professional scientist was invited as guest speaker. At the end of this conference a lot of attention was paid to evaluate the event in order to look for improvements for future meetings.

Acknowledgement: We thank Hans-Georg Schmidt for the photographs of the 1980 edition.
Memorial: Andreas Rohr disappeared in April 1981 in the high Alps, his body was found in July 1981 by a rescue team of the swiss army.
High resolution versions can be obtained on request for the images in the gallery.