(meteorobs) Talking clocks

[Francisco Ocaña]

Well, I want it for fireballs. I usually do double observation and 30-60 
seconds (camera exposure time) mean around 10 arcmins in astrometry 
accuraccy, a bit high value.

I will try the stopwatch method, but in the last geminids it would have 
been stressing, hehe. After that I realized that I need a talking clock :-)

Thank you!

Paco

meteoreye at comcast.net escribió:
> That is true for all talking devices I've seen (or rather heard) It's really no big deal, as measurements to the nearest minute are more than adequate for 99.9999% of all meteor observations.
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> I do keep a stopwatch around my neck as well to time fireballs (the only time where accuracy to the second is usually necessary) which allows me to then take a break and determine the fireball time, and also wait for sounds several minutes later. But in most cases, it's not worth the extra time to take my eyes off the sky.
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> When I see a meteor bright enough to be recorded by the NJAA all sky camera (+2 or brighter) I will hit the time talk a few times to determine whether it's in the first half of the minute or last, but it rarely makes a difference. In most cases, recording to the second is superfluous information...besides you then need to estimate how long it took you to hit the talker anyway, since it is not instantaneous.
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> Wayne
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