(meteorobs) Why don't more amateurs get it? (Meteors, that is.)
Michael Boschat
aa063 at chebucto.ns.ca
Thu Sep 20 15:18:07 EDT 2007
Hello:
I have been observing meteors since May 1975 and I don't get tired of
looking. The
main problem besides light pollution is the weather being clear on the
night of a meteor shower.
For me I don't own a car so observe mostly from the city unless a local
member of the center
is going to our observatory about 33 miles away and we can see to 6.5
mag. From the
city on a good night I can see to 5.5 mag. but usually the horizon is
not good up
to 25 degrees with pollution scatter. There are rare nights that I can
see M33 with the
naked eye...but rare. My backup meteor observing is by radio methods.
I also do solar,planetary,and lunar observing and in the summer look for
NLC.
The best session was standing on a pier at a friend cottage in winter
looking at the Geminids with a windchill of -22c! they stayed in and
I was the only "nut" to them looking for meteors...it was exeletaring.
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Clear skies
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Michael Boschat
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Halifax Center
Astronomy page: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~aa063
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