• SLOVENSKO

    On this exposure from 011524 - 012622 UT on August 11/12, 2001 a -1 magnitude Perseid appeared at 011901. Lens 58-mm, film Fuji 800. The brightest star to the upper left of the meteor is 50 Cassiopeiae.
    If you click the picture, you will notice a sign of a strong wind push in brighter star trails. 30 minutes later an even stronger wind shock that just knocked my camera with tripod.
    (Photo: Javor Kac)
    meteor in Scutum A meteor of magnitude +0.5 shot through Scutum in this exposure of M11 on July 23 at 22:12:07 UT. Exposure from 22:11:40 to 22:13:43 UT with 200-mm f/4 lens on Fuji 800.
    (Photo: Davorin Zaloznik and Javor Kac)

    Here are some photos of the 1998 Leonids taken on Javornik on November 16/17, 1998.

    82kBTwo Leonids 45kBTwo short Leonids in the vicinity of radiant 71kBLeonid Fireball 97kBTwo Leonid Fireballs
    All photographs were shot through 20-mm f/2.8 lens on Kodak T-max 3200. © Javor

    Photo galleries of 2001 Leonid meteor storm that I observed from the United States and 2002 Leonid meteor storm observed from France are also available.

    30kBSporadic A sporadic meteor in Draco. Taken on 11./12. August 1997, exposure from 22:26 to 22:59 UT with 50mm f/1,8 lens on Kodak T-Max 400.
    Photo: Davorin Zaloznik, Ziga Leskosek, Javor Kac, Jure Atanackov and Gregor Kladnik.

    I have been actively observing meteors since the Perseids 1993. Since then I have recorded more than 25000 meteors and sent their data to International Meteor Organization IMO. I am also a member of American Meteor Society and North American Meteor Network. As the meteors are my most active field in astronomy, most of the articles I wrote are on meteors.

    I have attended International Meteor Conferences since 2000 and you can see photo galleries below:
  • IMC 2004 Varna, Bulgaria
  • IMC 2003 Bollmannsruh, Germany
  • IMC 2002 Frombork, Poland
  • IMC 2001 Cerkno, Slovenia
  • IMC 2000 Pucioasa, Romania

    Since 1997 I collect and process meteor observation data from members of MBK Team, a meteor observing section of Astronomical Society Orion and send them to IMO.

    Visual meteor observing statistics for AS Orion (last update: January 9, 2006):
    Year Number of observers Observing time (hours) Number of meteors
    Tot QUA LYR JBO CAP AQU JPE CYG PER AUR SPI TAU ORI GIA LEO GEM Spor
    2005 17 267.5 8638 13   2 138 516   189 4889 23   144 17   27   2680
    2004 12 161.2 7051   29 2 51 215 1 91 3472     2 9     1761 1418
    2003 9 108.0 1544 12     12 111   18 315 41 9 35 1   92 116 782
    2002 10 139.0 9277 93     32 90 6 29 1948 2 4 10 2   5518   1543
    2001 7 141.3 14598       65 174   77 2031 2   112   1 10389   1747
    2000 14 533.5 10759 366 67   329 562 4 130 2432 54 2 32 36   815 23 5907
    1999 8 207.6 5675     1 70 116 19 46 1451 19 4 25 21 2   1626 2275
    1998 12 117.4 2728     5 36 54   3 287 10 5 92 88   1424 42 682
    1997 4 28.6 675       33 17 12 13 442 4 2           152
    Total 39 1704.1 60945 426 106 10 754 1855 40 596 17267 155 26 452 174 3 18265 3568 17186


    Individual observers' statistics for the year 2005:
    1. GOVMI (Mitja Govedic) - 51.56 hours (1243 meteors)
    2. KACJA (Javor Kac) - 49.47 (1233)
    3. DOBJA (Jaka Dobaj) - 25.25 (1021)
    4. BREPE (Petra Brence) - 21.79 (475)
    5. COKMA (Martin Cokl) - 19.74 (611)
    6. MEDTA (Tadej Medved) - 19.29 (764)
    7. BEHMA (Manca Behric) - 19.02 (529)
    8. ATAJU (Jure Atanackov) - 15.61 (1103)
    9. SAVMA (Matej Savli) - 15.11 (378)
    10. KLAGR (Gregor Kladnik) - 6.95 (265)
    11. KUKMA (Marusa Kuk) - 4.52 (144)
    12. SMRSA (Samo Smrke) - 4.19 (261)
    13. BEZMA (Matija Bezek) - 3.78 (189)
    14. BRGAL (Aleksandra Brglez) - 3.44 (102)
    15. KOSJN (Janez Kos) - 3.06 (263)
    16. UCMNE (Nejc Ucman) - 2.46 (23)
    17. PLAAN (Ana Plantan) - 2.21 (34)
    Individual observers' statistics for the year 2004:
    1. KACJA (Javor Kac) - 59.06 hours (2281 meteors)
    2. GOVMI (Mitja Govedic) - 27.75 (743)
    3. DOBJA (Jaka Dobaj) - 23.86 (876)
    4. ATAJU (Jure Atanackov) - 11.83 (1126)
    5. UCMNE (Nejc Ucman) - 8.29 (327)
    6. KUKMA (Marusa Kuk) - 7.47 (250)
    7. KOSJN (Janez Kos) - 6.46 (348)
    8. PLAAN (Ana Plantan) - 4.74 (520)
    9. KLAGR (Gregor Kladnik) - 4.49 (257)
    10. BRGAL (Aleksandra Brglez) - 3.87 (216)
    11. FABDU (Dunja Fabjan) - 2.50 (52)
    12. CADTI (Tilen Cadez) - 0.83 (55)

     

    Individual observers' statistics for the year 2003:
    1. KACJA (Javor Kac) - 60.75 hours (832 meteors)
    2. GOVMI (Mitja Govedic) - 13.32 (159)
    3. DOBJA (Jaka Dobaj) - 12.84 (135)
    4. ATAJU (Jure Atanackov) - 8.22 (195)
    5. UCMNE (Nejc Ucman) - 6.87 (108)
    6. KOSJN (Janez Kos) - 3.60 (72)
    7. LAMNI (Nina Lampic) - 0.95 (12)
    8. SMRSA (Samo Smrke) - 0.89 (24)
    9. SUBAN (Ana Subic) - 0.57 (7)

     

    Individual observers' statistics for the year 2002:
    1. KACJA (Javor Kac) - 36.79 hours (1796 meteors)
    2. ATAJU (Jure Atanackov) - 29.13 (2807)
    3. ZAKJU (Jure Zakrajšek) - 16.90 (1452)
    4. DOBJA (Jaka Dobaj) - 13.40 (394)
    5. FABDU (Dunja Fabjan) - 11.97 (1152)
    6. DEVMI (Miha Devetak) - 9.33 (399)
    7. LAMNI (Nina Lampič) - 8.90 (859)
    8. SINMA (Maša Sinreih) - 6.14 (223)
    9. STAMA (Matija Stauber Štebih) - 3.91 (128)
    10. KLAGR (Gregor Kladnik) - 2.48 (67)

     

    Individual observers' statistics for the year 2001:
    1. ATAJU (Jure Atanackov) - 49.29 hours (6055 meteors)
    2. KACJA (Javor Kac) - 47.71 (3933)
    3. ZAKJU (Jure Zakrajsek) - 22.77 (4167)
    4. FABDU (Dunja Fabjan) - 8.15 (176)
    5. DOBJA (Jaka Dobaj) - 8.14 (181)
    6. PRAKL (Klemen Prah) - 4.31 (64)
    7. DONIV (Ivan Donik) - 1.95 (22)

     

    Individual observers' statistics for the year 2000:
    1. ATAJU (Jure Atanackov) - 204.67 hours (4383 meteors)
    2. KACJA (Javor Kac) - 114.08 (2180)
    3. ZAKJU (Jure Zakrajsek) - 59.46 (1326)
    4. JERMA (Maja Jeromel) - 40.53 (910)
    5. ZAGDA (David Zagorc) - 37,44 (658)
    6. DEVMI (Miha Devetak) - 20.99 (453)
    7. PETNA (Natasa Petelin) - 15.39 (162)
    8. KLAGR (Gregor Kladnik) - 13.00 (254)
    9. BIZTI (Tina Bizjak) - 3.58 (44)
    10. ROJHE (Helena Rojht) - 3.55 (15)
    11. STAMA (Matija Stauber Stebih) - 3.06 (39)
    12. TRIMI (Mihaela Triglav) - 3.22 (123)
    13. PLAJM (Maja Plajh) - 2.02 (11)
    14. CVEAN (Andreja Cvetko) - 1.25 (6)

     

    Individual observers' statistics for the year 1999:
    1. ATAJU (Jure Atanackov) - 93.14 hours (2494 meteors)
    2. KACJA (Javor Kac) - 48.32 (1166)
    3. ZAKJU (Jure Zakrajsek) - 29.25 (1365)
    4. PETNA (Natasa Petelin) - 22.99 (342)
    5. BIZPO (Polona Bizjak) - 5.64 (192)
    6. BIZTI (Tina Bizjak) - 2.92 (61)
    7. DONIV (Ivan Donik) - 2.85 (25)
    8. STAMA (Matija Stauber Stebih) - 2.50 (30)

     

    Individual observers' statistics for the year 1998:
    1. KACJA (Javor Kac) - 47.12 hours (1286 meteors)
    2. ZAKJU (Jure Zakrajsek) - 16.72 (401)
    3. DONIV (Ivan Donik) - 13.11 (39)
    4. JERMA (Maja Jeromel) - 9.40 (291)
    5. ATAJU (Jure Atanackov) - 6.33 (252)
    6. SKEMA (Masa Skelin) - 6.33 (252)
    7. BIZPO (Polona Bizjak) - 4.23 (166)
    8. BIZTI (Tina Bizjak) - 4.23 (165)
    9. KREAL (Alenka Kremzer) - 3.74 (45)
    10. PETNA (Natasa Petelin) - 3.22 (26)
    11. STAMA (Matija Stauber Stebih) - 1.78 (12)
    12. SPRGR (Grga Springer) - 1.20 (7)

     

    Individual observers' statistics for the year 1997:
    1. DONIV (Ivan Donik) - 13.60 ur (157 meteors)
    2. KREAL (Alenka Kremzer) - 6.49 (126)
    3. KACJA (Javor Kac) - 5.23 (182)
    4. PETNA (Natasa Petelin) - 3.33 (210)

    Links to other meteor pages:
  • MBK Team
  • International Meteor Organization (IMO)
  • Delphinus Meteor Observation Team
  • Dutch Meteor Society (DMS)
  • British Astronomical Association Meteor Section
  • Arbeitskreis Meteore e.V. (AKM)
  • Comets and Meteors Workshop (PKiM)
  • Jordanian Astronomical Society JAS
  • The Nippon Meteor Society (NMS)
  • The Association of Meteor Observers in and around Tokyo Area (AMOTA)
  • Astronomical Society of Victoria Meteor Section (ASVMS)
  • North American Meteor Network (NAMN)
  • Comets and Meteor Showers (Gary W. Kronk)
  • American Meteor Society (AMS)

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