- 18th meeting
- Local organizer : Roberto Gorelli (Ara Staff).
- 56 participants from 13 countries: Argentina (1), Belgium (11), Bulgaria (3), Germany (5), Italy (11), Japan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (5), Romania (8), Serbia (2), Slovenia (3), U.K. (2) and Ukraine (3).
- 26 lectures of which 21 were included in the Proceedings.
- IMC 1999 Proceedings (ISBN 978-2-87355-011-0): 156 pages (ed. Rainer Arlt).
- Contents : Leonid modelling and observing – meteor physics – video observations – summer radiants – Taurids – Comet Lowe 1913 I – computer formats.
- IMC-Report in WGN: October 1999 (27:5) (PDF)
- IMC 1999 Program (PDF)
- IMC 1999 Participants list (PDF)
- IMC T-shirt: No
- IMC 1999 logo : No logo
- Participation fee 120 Euro.
The 1999 IMC happened during the famous Leonid return years which got lots of attention. The 1999 IMC was an expensive edition, but participants remember the meals to be the best ever at an IMC. These excellent dinners and an excursion to Farfa Abbey encouraged the social contacts. The alarm setting at 1 a.m. in the hotel of the IMC imposed a strict time limit for talks and guaranteed a minimum of sleep to all participants. The IMC location 50 km outside of Rome in the middle of remnants of the Roman Empire together with the Italian climate and cuisine characterized this IMC. Three special souvenirs: the enthusiasm provoked by the third Romanian Astroshow on Saturday evening, the moment when the first South-American participant at the IMC cried of emotion by seeing the northern sky constellations during a short visit at the ARA castle-observatory, and a small festivity with Japanese cakes (the IMC coinciding with the Moon Festival in Japan).
Acknowledgement : We thank Roberto Gorelli, Valentin Grigore, Enrico Stomeo and Valentin Velkov, for providing photographs of this 1999 IMC.
High resolution versions can be obtained on request for the images in the gallery.
The Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Frasso Sabino 1999.
The Bulgarian delegation, Katya Koleva, Valentin Velkov and Lina Hristova Rashkova (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
The 1999 IMC conference housing (credit Valentin Grigore).
The Bulgarian delegation, Lina Hristova Rashkova, Micaela Panella and Valentin Velkov (credit Enrico Stomeo).
Lina Hristova Rashkova, Micaela Panella, Valentin Velkov and Katya Koleva (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Marc de Lignie, Katya Koleva, Dragan Milisavljević and Saša Nedeljković (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Valentin Grigore, Gianni Roselli and Roberto Haver (credit Valentin Grigore).
Katya Koleva and Nagatoshi Nogami (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Massimo Dionisi, Lina Hristova Rashkova and Enrico Stomeo (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Rainer Arlt presenting ‘Perseids 1999’ (credit Valentin Grigore).
The lecture room before the beginning of the IMC (credit Roberto Gorelli).
David Asher presenting ‘Leonid dust trail theories’ (credit Valentin Grigore).
Micaela Panella reading ‘The case of Comet Lowe 1913 I’ (credit Valentin Grigore).
Micaela Panella at left and Roberto Gorelli at right presenting ‘The case of Comet Lowe 1913 I’ (credit Roberto Gorelli).
Session chairman Marc de Lignie at left and Roberto Gorelli at right presenting ‘The case of Comet Lowe 1913 I’ (credit Roberto Gorelli).
Session chairman Marc de Lignie at left and Roberto Gorelli at right presenting ‘The case of Comet Lowe 1913 I’ (credit Roberto Gorelli).
Vladimir A. Smirnov presenting ‘About some peculiarities of meteor radiation’ (credit Valentin Grigore).
Vladimir A. Smirnov presenting ‘About some peculiarities of meteor radiation’ (credit Valentin Grigore).
Juan Martín Semegone presenting ‘A new group of radio observers in Argentina’ (credit Valentin Grigore).
Valentin Grigore presenting ‘EuroEclipse 99 – an important international event’ (credit Valentin Grigore).
The audience with in front David Asher, Natalie Hontelé and Chris Trayner (credit Valentin Grigore).
The audience with from l.to r. on the first rows: Katya Koleva, Lina Hristova Rashkova, Tom Roelandts, Valentin Velkov, Marc de Lignie, Mirko Nitschke, Cis Verbeeck, Vladimir Smirnov, Mariusz Wisniewski, Arkadiusz Olech and Dominik Stelmach (credit Valentin Grigore).
The audience from l.to r. Rainer Arlt, Roland Winkler, Katya Koleva, Marc de Lignie, Martin Semegone and Valentin Velkov (credit Valentin Grigore).
Coffee break, in front David Asher (credit Enrico Stomeo).
Coffee break and the poster session (credit Roberto Gorelli).
Coffee break and the posters (credit Valentin Grigore).
Massimo Dionisi, someone hidden, Valentin Velkov, Roberto Gorelli and Roberto Haver (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Mihaela Triglav and Nagatoshi Nogami at the poster session (credit Enrico Stomeo).
The posters session: Nagatoshi Nogami and Valentin Grigore (credit Valentin Grigore).
Mihaela Triglav looking at the posters (credit Enrico Stomeo).
The posters of the Romanian participants (credit Valentin Grigore).
The Polish team from l.to r. Mariusz Wisniewski, Arkadiusz Olech, Dominik Stelmach and Marcin Gajos at the posters (credit Enrico Stomeo).
The posters of the Romanian participants (credit Valentin Grigore).
Someone moving from the left, Mihaela Triglav, Nagatoshi Nogami, Dominik Stelmach and Marcin Gajos at the posters (credit Enrico Stomeo).
Diner at the 1999 IMC (credit Roberto Gorelli).
Diner at the 1999 IMC (credit Roberto Gorelli).
During the lunch from l.to r. Ionita Carmen Carmelia, Marc de Lignie, Katya Koleva, Elena Guta and Dragos Dumitrescu (credit Valentin Grigore).
The excursion to Farfa Abbey (credit Enrico Stomeo).
During the excursion (credit Valentin Grigore).
Juan Martín Semegone, Borut Jurčič Zlobec, Aram Karalič and Mihaela Triglav during the excursion (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
During the excursion at left Cis Verbeeck and Mihaela Triglav, in the middle Micaela Panella and Massimo Dionisi, at right Valentin Velkov, Katya Koleva and Lina Hristova Rashkova (credit Enrico Stomeo).
During the excursion (credit Valentin Grigore).
During the excursion at Farfa Abbey (credit Valentin Grigore).
During the excursion at Farfa Abbey (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
During the excursion (credit Roberto Gorelli).
During the excursion, Massimo Dionisi and Rainer Arlt (credit Roberto Gorelli).
During the excursion (credit Valentin Grigore).
Borut Jurčič Zlobec, Andrei Dorian Gheorge, Lina Hristova Rashkova, Juan Martín Semegone, Katya Koleva, Gelu-Claudiu Radu and Valentin Grigore (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
During the excursion, the olive trees (credit Valentin Grigore).
Typical vegetation, the olive trees (credit Valentin Grigore).
Trying to make the group photo (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
During the 1999 group photo (credit Enrico Stomeo).
The official group photo. Seated from l.to r. 1. Gelu-Claudiu Radu (RO), 2. Yevgenij Makarenko (UA), 3. Valentin Grigore (RO), 4. Borut Jurčič Zlobec (SLO), 5. Dragos Dumitrescu (RO), 6. Aram Karalic (SLO), 7. Marc Gyssens (B), 8. Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG), 9. Marcin Gajos (PL), 10. Katya Koleva (BG), 11. Jean-Marc Wislez (B), 12. Dominik Stelmach (PL), 13. Janina Smirnova (UA), 14. Arkadiusz Olech (PL), 15. Marc de Lignie (NL), 16. Urszula Majewska (PL), 17. Saša Nedeljković (YU), 18. Vladimir A.Smirnov (UA), 19. Ionita Carmen Carmelia (RO), 20. Dragan Milisavljević (YU), 21. Elena Eugenia Guta (RO), 22. Andrei Dorian Gheorge (RO), 23. Juan Martín Semegone (ARG), 24. Massimo Dionisi (IT), 25. Enrico Stomeo (IT), 26. Sirko Molau (D), 27. Roberto Haver (IT), 28. Mariusz Wisniewski (PL), 29. Chris Trayner (UK), 30. Rainer Arlt (D), 31. Mirko Nitschke (D), 32. Birgit Van Opstal (B), 33. Kevin Nikasi (B), 34. Cis Verbeeck (B), 35. Tom Roelandts (B), 36. Roland Winkler (D), 37. Harald Seifert (D), 38. Mihaela Triglav (SLO), 39. Nagatoshi Nogami (JAP), Missing: Fabio Anzellini (IT), David Asher (UK), Massimo Calabresi (IT), Bert Everaert (B), Benny Geys (B), Roberto Gorelli (IT), Natalie Hontelé (B), Fabrizio Lucidi (IT), Fausto Porcellana (IT), Giuseppe Prosperini (IT), Gianni Roselli (IT), Marco Solarino (IT), Glenn Van Olmen (B), Valentin Velkov (BG) and Jan Verbert (B) (credit Roberto Gorelli).
The official group photo: seated from l.to r. 1.Makarenko Yevgenij (UA), 2.Valentin Grigore (RO), 3.Borut Jurčič Zlobec (SLO), 4.Dragos Dumitrescu (RO), 5.Fausto Porcellana (IT), 6.Marc Gyssens (B), 7. Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG), 8. Valentin Velkov (BG), 9. Marcin Gajos (PL), 10. Katya Koleva (BG), 11. Jean-Marc Wislez (B) and 12. David Asher (UK). Standing from l.to r. 13.Janina Smirnova (UA), 14.Marc de Lignie (NL), 15. Arkadiusz Olech (PL), 16.Urszula Majewska (PL), 17. Saša Nedeljković (YU), 18. Nagatoshi Nogami (JAP), 19. Ionita Carmen Carmelia (RO), 20.Elena Eugenia Guta (RO), 21. Andrei Dorian Gheorge (RO), 22.Juan Martín Semegone (ARG), 23. Massimo Dionisi (IT), 24.Enrico Stomeo (IT), 25.Sirko Molau (D), 26.Roberto Haver (IT), 27.Chris Trayner (UK), 28.Mariusz Wisniewski (PL), 29.Rainer Arlt (D), 30.Mirko Nitschke (D), 31.Birgit Van Opstal (B), 32.Kevin Nikasi (B), 33.Tom Roelandts (B), 34.Cis Verbeeck (B), 35.Roland Winkler (D), 36.Harald Seifert (D) and 37.Massimo Calabresi (IT)(credit Valentin Grigore). Missing : Fabio Anzellini (IT), Bert Everaert (B), Benny Geys (B), Roberto Gorelli (IT), Natalie Hontelé (B), Aram Karalic (SLO), Fabrizio Lucidi (IT), Dragan Milisavljevic (YU), Giuseppe Prosperini (IT), Gelu-Claudiu Radu (RO), Gianni Roselli (IT), Vladimir A.Smirnov (UA), Marco Solarino (IT), Dominik Stelmach (PL), Mihaela Triglav (SLO), Glenn Van Olmen (B) and Jan Verbert.
Trying to make the group photo (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
An unofficial group photo, seated from l.to r. 1.Jean-Marc Wislez (B), 2.Juan Martín Semegone (ARG), 3.Nagatoshi Nogami (JAP), 4.Katya Koleva (BG), 5.Valentin Velkov (BG), 6.Marc Gyssens (B), 7. Ionita Carmen Carmelia (RO), 8. Dragos Dumitrescu (RO), 9. Gelu-Claudiu Radu (RO), 10. Lina Hristova Rashkova (BG) and 11. Yevgenij Makarenko (UA). Standing from l.to r. 12.Tom Roelandts (B), 13.David Asher (UK), 14. Urszula Majewska (PL), 15. Mariusz Wisniewski (PL), 16.Andrei Dorian Gheorge (RO), 17. Dominik Stelmach (PL), 18. Marcin Gajos (PL), 19. Member Frasso Sabino Council (IT), 20.Massimo Calabresi (IT), 21.Roberto Gorelli (IT), 22.Valentin Grigore (RO), 23. Elena Eugenia Guta (RO), 24. Claudio Prestigiacomo (IT), 25.Dragan Milisavljević (YU), 26. Massimo Dionisi (IT), 27.Roberto Haver (IT), 28.Fausto Porcellana (IT), 29.Giuseppe Terlizzi (IT), 30. Kevin Nikasi (B), 31.Mihaela Triglav (SLO), 32. Birgit Van Opstal (B), 33.Cis Verbeeck (B) and 34.Saša Nedeljković (YU) (credit Valentin Grigore). Missing on this photo: Fabio Anzellini (IT), Rainer Arlt (D), Marc de Lignie (NL), Bert Everaert (B), Benny Geys (B), Natalie Hontelé (B), Aram Karalic (SLO), Fabrizio Lucidi (IT), Sirko Molau (D), Mirko Nitschke (D), Arkadiusz Olech (PL), Giuseppe Prosperini (IT), Gianni Roselli (IT), Harald Seifert (D), Vladimir A.Smirnov (UA), Janina Smirnova (UA), Marco Solarino (IT), Chris Trayner (UK), Glenn Van Olmen (B), Jan Verbert (B), Roland Winkler (D) and Borut Zlobec (SLO).
Seated from l.to r. Elena Eugenia Guta (RO), Ionita Carmen Carmelia (RO) and Gelu-Claudiu Radu (RO). Standing from l.to r. Aldo Masciangelo (IT), Andrei Dorian Gheorge (RO), Giuseppe Terlizzi (IT), Roberto Gorelli (IT), Massimo Calabresi (IT), Member Frasso Sabino Council (IT), Valentin Grigore (RO), Claudio Prestigiacomo (IT), Massimo Dionisi (IT), Dragos Dumitrescu (RO), Roberto Haver (IT), Fausto Porcellana (IT), Vladimir A. Smirnov (UA) and Janina Smirnova (UA) (credit Valentin Grigore).
From l.to r. Massimo Dionisi, Roberto Haver, Enrico Stomeo, Rainer Arlt and Massimo Calabresi (credit Enrico Stomeo).
From l.to r. Massimo Dionisi, Roberto Haver, Enrico Stomeo, Rainer Arlt and Massimo Calabresi (credit Roberto Gorelli).
In the bus Nagatoshi Nogami and Valentin Velkov (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
The Romanian Astro Poetry Show with Andrei Dorian Gheorge in action (credit Valentin Grigore).
The Romanian Astro Poetry Show with Elena Eugenia Guta in action (credit Valentin Grigore).
The Romanian Astro Poetry Show and the public, Mirko Nitschke, Marc de Lignie and Marc Gyssens (credit Valentin Grigore).
A warm applause for the Romanian Poetry performance (credit Valentin Grigore).
At night observing at the local observatory (credit Valentin Grigore).
Marc Gyssens as Sunday morning session chairman (credit Enrico Stomeo).
The SARM candidature for the 2000 IMC in Romania (credit Valentin Grigore).
Post IMC sightseeing in Rome (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Post IMC sightseeing in Rome (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Post IMC sightseeing in Rome (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Post IMC sightseeing in Rome, the Vatican (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Post IMC sightseeing in Rome, IMC participants meeting accidently: from l.to r. Roland Winkler, Rainer Arlt, Lina Hristova Rashkova, Valentin Velkov, Jean-Marc Wislez and David Asher (credit Katya Koleva, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Post IMC sightseeing in Rome (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).
Post IMC sightseeing in Rome (credit unknown photographer, image provided by Valentin Velkov).