(meteorobs) belgian observervations during second world blackout

Michel Vandeputte michelvandeputte at hotmail.com
Mon Jul 17 13:46:25 EDT 2006


Hi, 
Sorry, I wasn't born yet ;-)

I do not know if there is somewhere (or excist) an archive in Belgium containing the data from this period. Maybe Chris Steyaert or Paul Roggemans got an idea about the meteor activity during this period? 

In an old manual for visual observations from P Roggemans and Hans Betlem (FEMA 1980) I learned that Belgian amateur astronomers were very interested in observing meteors from the beginning of the 20th century. Then there was a strong interest during the fifties. The Belgian work group for meteor observations (VVS) was formed in 1969 by Mr Vandaele. Observations increased and the group was coordinated by Van den Broucke (1973), Paul Roggemans (1979), Peter Aneca and Hendrik Vandenbruaene during the nineties till 2003. For the moment I am busy with gathering all the visual data and other work group stuff. 

Kind regards,

Michel
Belgium

Hi all! 
Could anybody tell me something more detailed about belgian (and other, 
if there are any) meteor observations during second world war, when they 
observed from cities during blackouts? I need it for my review of the 
history of meteor astronomy... 
Nikola 


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