(meteorobs) NASA Meteor Observing App

[Chris Peterson]

I don't think you can compare the two. Very few people have audio tape 
recorders, whereas millions of people are walking around with smart 
phones. And while data from an audio tape has to be painfully converted 
into something useful, data from a digital counter is instantly 
consolidated with that of many other observers, and requires no manual 
processing to extract time, magnitude, and possibly other information.

I just noticed that the video about this app on the NASA site shows a 
contrail as a fireball. Oops!

Chris

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

On 12/30/2011 11:09 AM, jeffrey wilson wrote:
> So, how is that any different than using an audio tape recorder?  You dont need to take your eyes of the sky while doing that either?
>
> Jeff W.