Announcements

The December 2011 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be posted shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format. The contents this month:

• Editorial (J. Kac)
• From the Treasurer - IMO Membership/WGN Subscription Renewal for 2012 (M. Gyssens)
• Romania and IMC 2011 - a timeless beauty... (T. Heenatigala)
• Solar Longitudes for 2012 (R. Arlt)
• Comae Berenicids and related activities (M. Koseki)
• Geminids: 30 years of observations (1980–2009) (K. Miskotte, C. Johannink, M. Vandeputte, P. Bus)
• Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - August 2011 (S. Molau, J. Kac, E. Berko, S. Crivello, E. Stomeo, A. Igaz, G. Barentsen)
• Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - September 2011 (S. Molau, J. Kac, E. Berko, S. Crivello, E. Stomeo, A. Igaz, G. Barentsen)

Front cover photo: this bright Northern Taurid fireball appeared on 2011 November 16 at 23h13m03s UT while Slovenian meteor observers were covering the Leonids from Grmada, Slovenia. The author used Nikon D80 equipped with 18-mm f/3.5 lens for a 60s exposure at ISO 1000. Photo courtesy: Rok Pucer.

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The October 2011 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be posted shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format. The contents this month:

• Editorial (J. Kac)
• From the Treasurer - IMO Membership/WGN Subscription Renewal for 2012 (M. Gyssens)
• First announcement of the International Meteor Conference 2012 (P. Roggemans, G. Vaduvescu, O. Vaduvescu)
• Details of the Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Bareges, France, 2007 (J. Rendtel)
• Estimating meteor rates using Bayesian inference (G. Barentsen, R. Arlt, H.-E. Frohlich)
• Confirmation of the April Rho Cygnids (ARC, IAU#348) (M. Phillips, P. Jenniskens, B. Grigsby)
• Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - June 2011 (S. Molau, J. Kac, E. Berko, S. Crivello, E. Stomeo, A. Igaz, G. Barentsen)
• Erratum: Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - April 2011
• Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - July 2011 (S. Molau, J. Kac, E. Berko, S. Crivello, E. Stomeo, A. Igaz, G. Barentsen)
• Meteor Beliefs Project: "Year of Meteors" (A. McBeath, G.J. Drobnock, A. Dorian Gheorghe)

Front cover photo: bright sporadic fireball, captured on 2011 July 1 at 22h 24m UT by EN95 all-sky station in Benningbroek, The Netherlands. Canon 400D camera equipped with 4.5-mm f/2.8 lens set to f/5.0 was used for this 88s exposure at ISO 400. Photo courtesy: Jos Nijland.

Instructions for writing an article for WGN may be found in "Authors, Writing for WGN" [PDF].

The 2011 International Meteor Conference in Sibiu, Romania, was a success. The meeting was attended by 120 participants from 24 countries, composed of 15% professional scientists and 85% amateur astronomers (or should we say: citizen scientists!) Talks presented during the lecture sessions can now be downloaded from the conference website in PDF format.

During the meeting it was announced that the next edition of the International Meteor Conference will take place on the island of La Palma, Spain, in September 2012, and will include a visit to some of the world's largest telescopes! An official announcement with further details will follow soon.

The August 2011 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be posted shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format. The contents this month:

• Editorial - Perseids a training for the Draconids (J. Kac)
• Letter - Missing Meteor Beliefs Project papers from the 2008 IMC Proceedings (Editorial Board)
• Family of minor bodies related to the periodic comet Finlay (A. Terentjeva, S. Barabanov)
• Discovery of the February Eta Draconids (FED, IAU#427): the dust trail of a potentially hazardous long-period comet (P. Jenniskens, P. S. Gural)
• Meteorite-dropping bolide over north Croatia on 4th February, 2011 (D. Segon, K. Korlevic, Z. Andreic, J. Kac, J. Atanackov, G. Kladnik)
• Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - April 2011 (S. Molau, J. Kac, E. Berko, S. Crivello, E. Stomeo, A. Igaz, G. Barentsen)
• Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - May 2011 (S. Molau, J. Kac, E. Berko, S. Crivello, E. Stomeo, A. Igaz, G. Barentsen)
• Meteor Beliefs Project: The Ensisheim thunderstone (A. McBeath)

Instructions for writing an article for WGN may be found in "Authors, Writing for WGN" [PDF].

The June issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be posted shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format. The contents this month:

• Editorial - Draconids, a future strong shower (J. Kac)
• Ingo Reimann (1939-2011)
• Letter - Reply: Meteors in Australian Aboriginal Dreamings (D. W. Hamacher)
• The coming 2011 Draconids meteor shower (J. Vaubaillon, J. Watanabe, M. Sato, S. Horii, P. Koten)
• Future Draconid outbursts (2011 - 2100) (M. Maslov)
• Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - February 2011 (S. Molau, J. Kac, E. Berko, S. Crivello, E. Stomeo, A. Igaz)
• Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network - March 2011 (S. Molau, J. Kac, E. Berko, S. Crivello, E. Stomeo, A. Igaz)
• History of Meteor Observing Project: An overview of British meteor observing, Part II, 1861 to 2010 (A. McBeath)

Instructions for writing an article for WGN may be found in "Authors, Writing for WGN" [PDF].

This year's International Meteor Conference (IMC) -- the 30th edition already! -- will take place in the historical city of Sibiu in Romania, from September 15 to 18, 2011. The IMC is an exciting event where meteor workers from all over the world meet and exchange their experiences. The standard early registration fee, including full board, has remained unchanged from last year at 155 EUR. More details on this IMC can be found at http://www.imo.net/imc2011 .

The period in which the early registration fee is applicable expires at the end of the month (June 30). From July 1 onwards, the registration fee will be 170 EUR.