(meteorobs) Deficit of southern meteor streams apparently confirmed

[Jean-L. RAULT]

Jay,

A very good opportunity would be to join the next International Meteor 
Conference to be held in september 2014 (http://www.imo.net/imc2014/).
Your anger should decrease when discovering what the IMO members are 
doing nowadays

Jean-L. Rault

P.S.: Your help is welcome for updating some of the obsolete IMO WEB sites



Le 30/03/2014 04:49, Chris Peterson a écrit :
> Maybe there are websites that need to be updated. But the reality is, go
> to a meteoritics conference, amateur or professional, and there will be
> many talks and posters on video techniques and on video camera networks.
> Hundreds of cameras run every night, thousands more sporadically. They
> represent modern technology well suited to the task, and are key in
> identifying very subtle streams. There is a lot of information out there
> for anybody interested in joining existing networks or starting new
> ones. And there is ongoing development of cameras and software utilizing
> newer technology, mainly higher resolution cameras. Visual meteor
> observing has its place, and there are those who choose to operate this
> way. Instrumented data, however, is not being collected with obsolete
> technology. It is adding data to publicly accessible databases at a
> growing rate. There's no real need for a special push from meteor
> organizations.
>
> Chris
>
> *******************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
> On 3/29/2014 8:58 PM, Jay Salsburg wrote:
>> Hello Dan
>> Here is an example of the source of my anger...
>> I went to IMONet, entered "camera" in the search field. The first search
>> went to "Camera and Lens for Photography of Faint Meteors" (using film). The
>> Page referred in sequence to.
>> Camera and Lens for Photography of Faint Meteors
>> Choosing a Suitable Film for Meteor Photography
>> Photographic Fireball Patrol
>>
>> These articles should be archived under "OBSOLETE" so they do not rise to
>> the top of searches for technology to record Meteor activity.
>>
>> These topics are decades old, with non-scientific approaches to
>> instrumentation. It is an obsolete concept to record Meteor activity with
>> film and eyeballs. This is my point. While the IMO is a respectable
>> organization, it needs to join the rest of us in the 21st Century. Perhaps a
>> Futurist would be a better choice of leadership than a Film Photographer.
>>
>> My point is; even though there may someone using 21st Century technology to
>> record Meteor activity, there needs to be a concerted effort by those in
>> leadership of Observation Organizations pushing for current and advanced
>> technology to record Meteors, and stop promotion of DATA recorded with
>> obsolete technology and amateurish pencil and paper observation recording
>> from lawn chairs.
>>
>> Pardon my dust.
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