- 19th meeting
- Local organizers: Valentin Grigore (SARM).
- 95 participants from 14 countries: Argentina (1), Belgium (6), Bulgaria (10), Germany (7), Japan (2), Jordan (2), the Netherlands (2), Poland (2), Romania (48), Serbia (1), Slovakia (3), Slovenia (6), U.K.(2) and Ukraine (3).
- 44 presentations (30 lectures, 14 posters) of which 27 were included in the Proceedings.
- IMC 2000 Proceedings (ISBN 978-2-87355-012-7): 132 pages (eds. Rainer Arlt, Mihaela Triglav, Chris Trayner).
- Contents: Leonids activity and spectrum – meteorites – forward-scatter radio observing – Taurids from video data – early and late Perseids – minor summer showers.
- Participation fee 87 Euro.
The IMC of 2000 was organized by the enthusiastic Romanian meteor observing group in a Cultural Centre close to the Carpathians Mountains, and remains so far the IMC with the largest number of participants and a remarkable high number of contributions. The warm hospitality of the poetic Romanian organizers created a magic friendship among the IMC participants, who admired Dracula’s Tower in Targoviste, a folkloric fair and works by some Christian modern artists in Pucioasa, and enjoyed the beautiful landscapes of Romania during the excursion to the Peles Castle in Sinaia. Two original and festive initiatives of the hosts: The National Meteor Showroom in the conference hall (including photographs, artworks, old poetry, mythology, old observational traditions, photo-reproductions of church painting), and (in the opening and in the third evening) a minifestival of meteor poetry (including live electronic and astrofolk music, drama, dance, humour and international contemporary poetry); that was followed by another German piano recital.
Acknowledgement: We thank Javor Kac and Casper ter Kuile for providing photographs of this 2000 IMC.
The Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Pucioasa 2000.
Arrival of some participants in Bucarest: from l.to r. Mohammad Odeh, Marc de Lignie, Michail Mihov, Mariya Krumova, Khaled Ma’an Tell, Elena Sarbinska, Dobri Dobrev and Catalina Soloveanu (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Arrival of some participants in Bucarest: from l.to r. Mohammad Odeh, Casper ter Kuile, Michail Mihov, Khaled Ma’an Tell, Elena Sarbinska, ??, Mariya Krumova and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Arrival at the IMC 2000 in Pucioasa (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The hotel Cres, host of the 2000 IMC (credit Javor Kac).
The audience in the conference room with David Asher, Lina Rashkova and Valentin Velkov (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Opening Festivity ‘Welcome to the Country by Dyonisus Exiguus’ (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The official opening speech ny the Mayor of Pucioasa: from l.to r. Mrs Rodica Cojocaru (Director of the Cultural Center), Valentin Grigore, Micea Simion (Mayor of Pucioasa) and Robuca Voiculescu (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The official opening, from l.to r. Micea Simion (Mayor of Pucioasa), Rodica Cojocaru (Director of the Cultural Center), Valentin Grigore and Robuca Voiculescu (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The official opening, from l.to r. Rodica Cojocaru (Director of the Cultural Center), Micea Simion (Mayor of Pucioasa), Valentin Grigore, Marc Gyssens and Robuca Voiculescu (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the first morning session Cornel Gherghe and Marc de Lignie (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The audience and lecture room, from l.to r. Axel Haas, Georg Dittié, Mihaela Triglav, Mirko Nitschke, Casper ter Kuile, Cornel Gherghe and Daniel Fisher (credit Javor Kac).
The audience during the Friday morning session: from l.to r. ??, Axel Haas, Georg Dittié, Mihaela Triglav,Valentin Velkov, Mirko Nitschke, Petra Rendtel and Lina Hristova Rashkova (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The audience and lecture room (credit Javor Kac).
Mohammad Odeh presenting ‘Jordanian Experience: Radio Meteor Observations’ (credit Javor Kac).
Trying to get the group photo (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Trying to get the group photo: 1.Mirko Nitschke (D), 2.Petra Rendtel (D), 3.?, 4.Mirko Kokole (SLO), 5.Irena Zivkovic (YU), 6.Catalina Soloveanu (RO), 7.Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG), 8.Ivelina Momtcheva (BG), 9.Elena Sarbinska (BG), 10.Gabriella Triglav (SLO), 11. Bert Everaert (B), 12.Mariya Krumova (BG), 13.Marc Gyssens (B), 14.Michail Mihov (BG), 15.Axel Haas (D), 16.Dobri Dobrev (BG), 17.Rainer Arlt (D), 18.Yasuhiro Tonomura (JAP), 19.Cis Verbeeck (B), 20.Jean-Marc Wislez (B) and 21.Katya Koleva (BG) (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Trying to get the group photo: from l.to r. 1.Maria Giusca (RO), 2.?, 3.Monica Marcu (RO), 4.Cristina Tinta Vass (RO), 5.Nagatoshi Nogami (JAP), 6.Elena Sorescu (RO), 7.Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG), 8.Mohammad Odeh (JOR), 9.Georg Dittié (D), 10.Codrin Mardare (RO), 11.Mirko Nitschke (D), 12.Marc de Lignie (NL), 13.Marc Gyssens (B), 14.Sirko Molau (D), 15.Petra Rendtel (D), 16.Catalina Soloveanu (RO), 17.Irena Zivkovic (YU), 18.Elena Sarbinska (BG), 19.Katya Koleva (BG), 20.Mariya Krumova (BG), 21.Ivelina Momtcheva (BG), 22.Dobri Dobrev (BG) and 23.Rainer Arlt (D) (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Trying to get the group photo (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Trying to get the group photo, from l.to r.: 1.Katya Koleva (BG), 2.Elena Sarbinska (BG), 3.?, 4.Valentin Grigore (RO), 5.Gabriel Paun (RO), 6.Nagatoshi Nogami (JAP), 7.Gelu-Claudiu Radu (RO), 8.?, 9.Dobri Dobrev (BG), 10.Ionut Dumitrache (RO), 11.Codrin Mardare (RO), 12.Chris Trayner (UK), 13.Mirko Nitschke (D), 14.Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG), 15.Valentin Velkov (BG), 16.Marc Gyssens (B), 17.Tom Roelandts (B), 18.Ionut Ilesoi (RO), 19.Petra Rendtel (D), 20.Jean-Marc Wislez (B), 21.?, 22.Catalina Soloveanu (RO), 23.Glenn Van Olmen (B), 24.Bert Everaert (B), 25.Elena Sorescu (RO), 26.?, 27.Cristina Tinta Vass (RO), 28.Mohammad Odeh (JOR), 29.Emanuela Ignatoiu-Sora (RO), 30.Daniel Ocenas (SLK), 31.Monica Marcu (RO), 32.Sergiu Olteanu (RO), 33.Georg Dittié (D) and 34.Marcin Kiraga (PL) (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Trying to get the group photo those recognisable from l.to r.: 1.Jure Zakrajsek (SLO), 2.Axel Haas (D), 3.Cornel Gherghe (RO), 4.David Asher (UK), 5.Ionel Catalin Diaconu (RO), 6.Javor Kac (SLO), 7.Catalin Sprinciana (RO), 8.Rainer Arlt (D), 9.Adrian Sima (RO), 10.?,11.?,12.Ivelina Momtcheva (BG), 13.Irena Zivkovic (YU), 14.Michail Mihov (BG), 15.Khaled Ma’an Tell (JOR), 16.Elena Sarbinska (BG), 17.Valentin Grigore (RO), 18.Mariya Krumova (BG), 19.Katya Koleva (BG), 20.?, 21.Codrin Mardare (RO), 22.Dobri Dobrev (BG), 23.Nagatoshi Nogami (JAP), 24.Valentin Velkov (BG), 25.Mirko Nitschke (D), 26.Vladimir Smirnov (UA), 27.Tom Roelandts (B), 28.Ionut Dumitrache (RO), 29.Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG), 30.Petra Rendtel (D), 31.Marc Gyssens (B), 32.Catalina Soloveanu (RO), 33.Elena Sorescu (RO) and Mohammad Odeh (JOR), 34.Glenn Van Olmen (B), 35.Bert Everaert (B), 36.Georg Dittié (D), 37.Eva Bozhurova (BG), 38.Cis Verbeeck (B), 39.Marcin Kiraga (PL), 40.Daniel Ocenas (SLK) and 41.Juan Martin Somegone (ARG) (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Trying to get the group photo, those recognizable from l.to r.: 1.Javor Kac (SLO), 2.Catalin Sprinciana (RO), 3.Rainer Arlt (D), 4.?, 5.?, 6.Ivelina Momtcheva (BG), 7.Irena Zivkovic (YU), 8.Adrian Sima (RO), 9.Michail Mihov (BG), 10.Khaled Ma’an Tell (JOR), 11.Elena Sarbinska (BG), 12.Gabriel Paun (RO), 13.Valentin Grigore (RO), 14.Mariya Krumova (BG), 15.Katya Koleva (BG), 16.?, 17.Codrin Mardare (RO), 18.Gelu-Claudiu Radu (RO), 19.Dobri Dobrev (BG), 20.Nagatoshi Nogami (JAP), 21.Ionut Ilesoi (RO), 22.Valentin Velkov (BG), 23.Ionut Dumitrache (RO), 24.Vladimir Smirnov (UA), 25.Tom Roelandts (B), 26.Petra Rendtel (D), 27.Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG), 28.Marc Gyssens (B), 29.Catalina Soloveanu (RO), 30.Mariusz Wisniewski (PL), 31.Elena Sorescu (RO) and 32.Maria Giusca (RO) (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Trying to get the group photo, those recognizable from l.to r.: 1.Mariya Krumova (BG), 2.Katya Koleva (BG), 3.Ionut Dumitrache (RO), 4.Nagatoshi Nogami (JAP), 5.Marc Gyssens (B), 6.Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG), 7.Valentin Velkov (BG), 8.Jean-Marc Wislez (B), 9.Glenn Van Olmen (B), 10.Daniel Ocenas (SLK), 11.Pavol Rapavy (SLK), 12.Andrei Dorian Gheorge (RO), 13.Gabriella Triglav (SLO), 14.Rainer Arlt (D), 15.Ivelina Momtcheva (BG), 16.Silviu Matei (RO), 17.Irena Zivkovic (YU), 18.Elena Sarbinska (BG), 19.?, 20.?, 21.Valentin Grigore (RO), 22.Dobri Dobrev (BG), 23.?, 24.Mirko Nitschke (D), 25.Tom Roelandts (B), 26.Maria Giusca (RO), 27.Anda Tita (RO), 28.Elena Sorescu (RO), 29.?, 30.Monica Marcu (RO), 31.Cristina Tinta Vass (RO), 32.Eva Bozhurova (BG), 33.Adriana Nicolae (RO), 34.Juan Martin Somegone (ARG), 35.Mirko Kokole (SLO), 36.Raluca Voiculescu (RO) and 37.Daniel Fisher (D) (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Trying to get the group photo (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Trying to get the group photo (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The official group photo (credit Casper ter Kuile).
1. Cornel Gherghe (RO), 2. Jure Zakrajsek (SLO), 3. Javor Kac (SLO), 4.?, 5. Adrian Sima (RO), 6. Khaled Ma’an Tell (JOR), 7. Michail Mihov (BG), 8. Mariya Krumova (BG), 9. Elena Sarbinska (BG), 10. Katya Koleva (BG), 12. Gelu-Claudiu Radu (RO), 14. Nagatoshi Nogami (JAP), 15. Ionut Dumitrache (RO), 16. Valentin Velkov (BG), 17. Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG), 18. Marc Gyssens (B), 19. Jean-Marc Wislez (B), 20. Glenn Van Olmen (B), 21. Bert Everaert (B), 22. Daniel Ocenas (SLK), 23. Marcin Kiraga (PL), 24. Pavol Rapavy (SLK), 25. Danutz Ionescu (RO), 26. Andrei Dorian Gheorge (RO), 27. Gabriella Triglav (SLO), 28. Casper ter Kuile (NL), 29. Diana-Maria Ogescu (RO), 30. Dan Mitrut (RO), 31. ?, 32. Axel Haas (D), 33. Ionel Catalin Diaconu (RO), 34. David Asher (UK), 35. Catalin Sprinciana (RO ? not on list), 36. Rainer Arlt (D), 37. Silviu Matei (RO), 38. Ivelina Momtcheva (BG), 39.?, 40. Irena Zivkovic (YU), 41. ?, 42.?, 43. Valentin Grigore (RO), 44. Gabriel Paun (RO), 45. ?, 46. Dobri Dobrev (BG), 47. Codrin Mardare (RO), 48. Chris Trayner (UK), 49. Mirko Nitschke (D), 50. Ionut Ilesoi (RO), 51. Vladimir Krumov (BG), 52. Tom Roelandts (B), 53. Vladimir Smirnov (UA), 54. Petra Rendtel (D), 55. Catalina Soloveanu (RO), 56. Anda Tita (RO), 57. ?, 58. Elena Sorescu (RO), 59. Maria Giusca (RO), 60. Cristina Tinta Vass (RO), 61. Mariusz Wisniewski (PL), 62. Monica Marcu (RO), 63. Emanuela Ignatoiu-Sora (RO), 64. Sergiu Olteanu (RO), 65. Georg Dittié (D), 66. Cis Verbeeck (B), 67. Eva Bozhurova (BG), 68. Adriana Nicolae (RO), 69. Catalin Bunofschi (RO), 70. Juan Martin Somegone (ARG), 71. Stefan Berinde (RO), 72. Sirko Molau (D), 73. Mirko Kokole (SLO), 74. Yasuhiro Tonomura (JAP), 75. Mihaela Triglav (SLO), 76. Marc de Lignie (NL), 77. Jure Atanackov (SLO) ???, 78. Raluca Voiculescu (RO), 79. Ioan Adam (RO), 80. Mohammad Odeh (JOR) and 81. Daniel Fisher (D).
7 Missing participants must be in this list: Alexandr Angelsky (UA), Adrian Avramie (RO), Mihai Dumitrescu (RO), Oana Dumitrescu (RO), Costica Gheorghe (RO), Steliana Gheorghe (RO), Mariana Grigore (RO), Stanislav Kaniansky (SLK), Andrei Lisac (RO), Adrian Lupea (RO), Vlad Macare (RO), Monica Marcu (RO), Tudor Mihaila (RO), Ancuta Mironica (RO), Monica Nastase (RO), Iulian Olaru (RO), Dimitrie Olenici (RO), Geanina Ana Popa (RO), Aura Savin (RO), Janina Smirnova (UA), Alin Constantin Tatu (RO), Eliza Trandafir (RO), Laura-Claudia Unci (RO), Catalin Vasi (RO) and Vasile Zamfir (RO).
Georg Dittié, Daniel Fisher at the posters with someone seen from the back (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Jean-Marc Wislez, Catalina Soloveanu, Dobri Dobre and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the coffee break, at left we recognize Danutz Ionescu and at right Marc de Lignie (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the coffee break, looking to the photographer: Ionut Ilesoi (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the coffee break, Rainer Arlt, Martin Semegone and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The IMC host (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the excursion (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Andrei Dorian Gheorge and Chris Trayner with a cat (credit Javor Kac).
Marc de Lignie and Casper ter Kuile (credit Javor Kac).
Marc Gyssens with a cat (credit Javor Kac).
During the excursion (credit Casper ter Kuile).
David Asher at the market of Pucioasa, David Asher (left) and Javor Kac (right) (credit Javor Kac).
During the excursion: Ionel Catalin Diaconu helping Pavol Rapavy to photograph from l.to r. Valentin Grigore, Daniel Ocenas, Stanislav Kaniansky and Andrei Dorian Gheorge (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the excursion (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the excursion (credit Javor Kac).
During the excursion (credit Javor Kac).
During the excursion (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the excursion (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the excursion, seated from l.to r. Michail Mihov, Valentin Velkov, ?? and ??. Standing from l.to r. the photographer ??, Andrei Dorian Gheorge talking to Valentin Gridore, ??, ?? , ??, Martin Juan Semegone, ??, Eva Bozhurova, ??, Mariya Krumova, Petra Rendtel and Mirko Nitschke (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the excursion (credit Casper ter Kuile).
During the excursion (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Astro Poetry Show (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Astro Poetry Show (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Astro Poetry Show (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Astro Poetry Show, from left to right: Andrei Dorian Gheorge, ??,??,??,??,??,?? and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Astro Poetry Show, from l.to r. ??, Juan Martin Somegone, ??, Nagatoshi Nogami and Yasuhiro Tonomura (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Astro Poetry Show (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Astro Poetry Show (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The Astro Poetry Show (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The last evening chat from l.to r. Juan Martin Somegone, ??, ??, ??, ??, Sirko Molau, ??, Gabriella Triglav, ?? and ?? (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The last evening chat (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The last evening chat at right Sirko Molau (credit Javor Kac).
The last evening chat, from l.to r. Daniel Fisher, Petra Rendtel, Mirko Nitschke, David Asher, Chris Trayner, Georg Dittié, Javor Kac and Sirko Molau (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The last evening chat, from l.to r. ??, Gabriella Triglav, Mirko Kokole, Daniel Fisher, Petra Rendtel and in front Sirko Molau (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The last evening chat: from l.to r. Valentin Velkov, Michail Mihov, Elena Sarbinska, Mariya Krumova and Eva Bozhurova (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The last evening chat: in front at left Marcin Kiraga ?, at right Lina Hristova Rashkova and Sirko Molau (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Valentin Grigore and Marc Gyssens at the closing of the IMC (credit Casper ter Kuile).
Valentin Grigore and Marc Gyssens at the closing of the IMC (credit Casper ter Kuile).
The participants grateful for the efforts of the organizers, the last minutes of each IMC are always an emotional moment. Here we see Casper ter Kuile and Gabrijela Triglav (credit Casper ter Kuile).