(meteorobs) Meteor Report Notations

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Recently there was a discussion of using a hyphen or a zero to designate no shower members observed during a specific period. For new observers on the list, I also suggest keeping in mind how you indicate a shower was not watched. This situation occurs when an observer breaks their observation into more than one period, and a shower is not monitored during one or more of those sessions.  This was the case with some recent reports I archived where the radiant had not risen high enough. When a shower is not monitored for some reason, it is normally noted by using either a slash “/” or an “X”. 

To be on the safe side, you might consider including a brief explanation of the notations you use in the heading section of your report. That way, there’s no chance for any confusion no matter who is looking at the report.

Mark Davis, South Carolina
meteors at comcast.net
namn at namnmeteors.org