The MEPCO-related discussions are now here!

New: First hand information on the Eclipse Preparations in Bulgaria!!!

Here is the weather in Varna (4-day forecast)!

The discoverer of the Kuiper belt, Jane Luu is coming!

As the guest of honor and keynote speaker of the

4th Meeting of (not just) European
Planetary and Cometary Observers

M E P C O '99

in Varna, Bulgaria, August 4-8, 1999,

one week before and right next to the best viewing sites of
Europe's last total eclipse of the Sun in a long time!

For several years the Working Group of Planetary Observers from Germany has been organising very interesting meetings of European Planetary and Cometary observers. They have brought together active observers from a dozen countries for fruitful discussions. The splendid Bruder-Klaus-Heim in the Bavarian village of Violau hosted the first three meetings.

Now we are happy to invite you for the fourth MEPCO - to Varna, Bulgaria!

We will hold the conference in the city of Varna, in a very comfortable hall of the municipality (in the center of the city). We will have a schreibprojektor, aspektomat, videoprojektor and Internet.

The participants in MEPCO will stay in Hotel Bris. This a very cosy small hotel near to the sea. In this hotel the participants will have the possibility to stay until 12.08.1999. In the restaurant of the hotel there will be breakfast, dinner and supper. Within the duration of conference on 5.08,6.08, we could provide the lunch in the restaurant of the municipality, where the conference will be held.

There we will once again have the pleasure to share our comet and planet observations, we will discuss and present posters on all planetary aspects. And there is a bonus: MEPCO'99 is held several days before a very interesting and rare astronomical phenomenon - a total solar eclipse. We hope that the fine weather forecast for this period of the year will allow participants of MEPCO'99 who stay for just a few more days to observe the total solar eclipse from special bases provided along the line of longest totality. Welcome to Bulgaria!

The program is the following:

4.08.1999 - Arrival in Varna, Bulgaria
5.08.1999 - Opening of the conference and beginning of the conference
5.08.1999 - In the evening- lecture of Jane Luu
6.08.1999 - A poster session and discussions about the planet and comet observations
7.08.1999 - An excursion with a ship to the old historical town Nesebar
8.08.1999 - Presentation of the conditions for observation of the Solar eclipse and the places of observation. Presentation of the program for observation of the Solar eclipse. End of the conference.

For the people who are staying to observe the conference:
9.08 + 10.08 - There will be organised excursions to the places from where the eclipse will be observed so that the most interesting place could be chosen
11.08 1999 - Observation of the total solar eclipse
12.08 1999 - Departure

After the end of the conference the participants who are staying to observe the eclipse will choose whether to have lunch and supper in the restaurant of the hotel or in Varna where the choice is much wider. Transport during the conference, the excursions and the observation of the eclipse will be provided.

The price for participation in MEPCO'99 from 4.08. to 8.08. is 290DM. For the rest of the days 9.08,10.08,11.08,12.08 it will be necessary to be paid additionally 17$ for the putting up for the night+breakfast. Lunch and dinner in the restaurant will cost 10$. In Varna there are restaurants where cheaper lunch and supper could be found .

The official language will again be English.

Papers and Posters (as of May 10, 1999)

There will be an exhibition of astrophotography of the group Sky Treasure Hunters.

The conference fee is only DEM 290.- (German Marks) which includes

It will be very good if the participants in the conference send this fee of 290DM till the end of May to:

EXPRESSBANK, VARNA, BULGARIA
SWIFT: TTBBBG22
IN FAVOUR:VARNA BRANCH
NAME: VESELKA SIDEROVA RADEVA, EGN:5811051097,
ADDRESS:BULGARIA, VARNA,
VAZRAZHDANE BL65 VH.3 AP.56
ACC. 4008061/4122863114

CORRESPONDENTS BANK:
1.COMMERZBANK AG, FRANKFURT /MAIN
SWIFT:COBADEFF
DM ACC. 400 871920500

2.AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK LTD, NEW YORK
SWIFT: AEIBUS 33
USD ACC. 715862

3.ABN-AMRO BANK, NEW YORK
USD ACC.574073581741

For further information and registration please contact Veselka Radeva, Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium, P.O.Box 120, Varna, Bulgaria; Phone: +359 52 443 998,+359 52 222 890, Fax: +359 52 600 307, E-mail: [email protected]!

More information will also become available throughout 1999 on the MEPCO web site at http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/5599/mepco.html, maintained by Daniel Fischer.
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