(meteorobs) Excel meteor observation entry form (was Re: zenith attraction)

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I believe I still have a copy.....I'll look for it, and if I do, email it to you.

Mark Davis




> BTW, Marco's wonderful set of Excel spreadsheets reminded
> me of a project which I have been putting off for a while
> now: in 1997 and 1998, I developed an Excel spreadsheet to
> allow an observer to enter the minimum basic details of an
> observing session. The spreadsheet would then produce all
> of the laborious calculations and lookups required for a
> full IMO Visual report. (LM star counts, shower radiants,
> active showers on a given date, DCVS, those big Magnitude
> Distribution tables, train reports - it was all in there!
> I was even adding a button to do automatic emailing...)
> 
> Unfortunately, in the process of changing jobs in 2002, I
> lost my original spreadsheet! Ever since, I have meant to
> go back and reimplement this spreadsheet - but it wouldn't
> be a small effort! So I have kept putting it off...
> 
> So I'll ask this group - does anyone have an old copy of
> that Excel spreadsheet which I may have shared with them
> at some point? Or else, do you have your own version of
> an IMO Visual Report spreadsheet, that you'd be willing
> to share with me, or collaborate with me on completing?
> 
> I'd love to resurrect this idea - and hopefully update
> and share it, so others may be saved some drudgery, too.
> 
> I don't hold out much hope here, but it's worth asking!
> 
> Clear skies,
> Lew Gramer
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: On Behalf Of Marco Langbroek
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 4:43 PM
> > To: Global Meteor Observing Forum
> > Subject: zenith attraction Re: (meteorobs) Re: June Bootids -
> > Call forobservations
> >
> > For those who run MS Excel: you can download a spreadsheet
> > with which you can calculate zenith attraction values at
> > my website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/metsoft.html
> 
> 
> 
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