(meteorobs) Key lessons from the Draconids experience

[Paul Goelz]

At 01:25 PM 10/9/2011, you wrote:
>- What's still lacking is a way to generate reliable ZHR numbers in 
>near-real time,
>from either quick visual reports or the video analysis. Did anyone use the app
>http://meteorcounter.org/meteorpage/cooke_site.php - and has 
>anything come out of
>this or similar efforts?
>
>The goal, IMHO, should be a meta-website where visual, video and 
>radio data (like
>those http://www5f.biglobe.ne.jp/~hro/Flash/2011DRA/index.html collects) are
>merged in real time and presented to the public in a nice way ...
>
>Daniel

Just curious..... are we sure the public is interested?  I have had a 
live feed of a real time spectrograph and audio stream on my web site 
for a couple recent showers (but not the Draconids).  I publicized it 
here and tried to get spaceweather.com interested.  My usage numbers 
were essentially zero and spaceweather.com never replied to two 
separate Emails so I gave up trying to contact them.  No one has ever 
Emailed me about it even though it shows up in a Google search (page 
4 though).  I'd be happy to go live again but I'm not sure there is 
any actual interest.... even though I find it fascinating and monitor 
frequently "just because".

Paul



Paul Goelz
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