(meteorobs) Update of the IMO visual report form

Malcolm J. Currie mjc at star.rl.ac.uk
Fri Nov 30 10:03:14 EST 2007


Bruce McCurdy:
>     Ahem, SOME people talk on their tape this way. I'll bet most North

I believe that the logical ISO order is also the norm in east Asia.

> admitted ISO-long-format chauvinist and proud of it, who says "it is
> 2007 November 8th at 23:30 MST, therefore the 9th UT at 06:30 ..."

A man after my own heart.  I've been using the IAU form for 36 years and
not just in astronomy.   For instance, when quoting date of birth I
start with the year, being the most significant statistic, rather than
my star sign.

Malcolm Currie



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