Personal website of .... Casper ter Kuile

I started observing meteors in autumn 1971 during a Orionid campaign of the Youth work group (JWG) of the Astronomical and Weather Society of the Netherlands (KNVWS). This group of enthiousiast young people became known as the Twente-team. As this is the location of the group: the eastern part of the Netherlands near the German border. During the first 3 years observations were carried out at the public observatory of Twente near the city of Denekamp. This observatory was set up by the late Mr. Hennie Gosemeijer. The famous Perseid observing campaign of 1972 was located here. Many hundreds of meteors were recorded visually and about 45 meteors were captured on photographic film. Most of these observations were send to the well known Working group meteors, one of the most active groups within the NVWS.

Most important activities in these early years:

• Meteor observing camp Orionids 1971
• Meteor observing camp Lyrids 1972
• Meteor observing camp Perseids 1972, VSW-Twente, Denekamp
• Exhibition Coenraad ter Kuile, Natuurmuseum Enschede, 1973
• Exhibition "In en uit de ruimte", TH-Twente, Enschede, 1974?
• Solar Eclipse 11 may 1975, Groenlo

External Links

• Volkssterrenwacht Coenraad ter Kuile, Enschede
• Koninklijke Nederlandse Vereniging voor Weer en Sterrenkunde (KNVWS)
• Jongerenwerkgroep (JWG)
• Hennie Gosemeijer - part 1 (a film produced by Romke Schievink)
• Hennie Gosemeijer - part 2 (a film produced by Romke Schievink)
• Planetoide: 9490 Gosemeijer (1181 T-1)

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