(meteorobs) AMS Meteor form

[Kim Youmans]

If  I may add to what Felix and others have already noted, the accuracy 
notation would also have to do with confidence in the actual placement of 
the plot line on the map -- how sure is the observer that he/she has plotted 
the meteor correctly.

This is important, as I have witnessed three *experienced* observers plot 
the same meteor (myself being one of the three)-- a bright -2 with a long 
path length -- differently.  Not *too* differently, but  with such a long 
path length, more error will creep in, and establishing a radiant would be 
quite difficult.

Just my 02/100 of a dollar...

Kim Youmans

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FELIX A MARTINEZ" <suejam1 at juno.com>
To: <ka.antier at wanadoo.fr>; <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 12:18 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) AMS Meteor form


> How well You observe the meteor is definitely the main factor in
> observing accuracy.  I remember how many of us in the 1970's and early
> 1980's noted distance from central vision for each meteor seen.  Norman
> McLeod encouraged me in this endeavor as a study was being undertaken to
> try and correlate meteor rates to how well an observer tends to see most
> meteors.  Generally we discovered that many observers that saw higher
> rates than us tended to  see meteors further from central vision.
>
>                Awaiting Clear Skies - Felix
>
>
>
> On Mon,  8 Aug 2005 14:41:49 +0200 (CEST) Karl Antier
> <ka.antier at wanadoo.fr> writes:
>> Hi !
>>
>> > Can someone provide an example to two of how accurancy would be
>> recorded?
>>
>> I think accuracy is only used while plotting meteors, and it defines
>> the accuracy
>> of the trajectory you plotted, depending on the part of the sky you
>> were looking at
>> and this where the meteor appear (the accuracy will be +III if it
>> appears in the center
>> of your FOV, and +I, or even 0 if it's really bad seen), for
>> example.
>> It's a scale going from 0 (not plotted) to +III (very well seen and
>> plotted), that
>> must help making meteor association after.
>>
>> Please correct me if I'm wrong !
>>
>> Clear skies !
>> Karl
>>
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