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Re: FOV's



-- [ From: Robert Lunsford * EMC.Ver #2.10P ] --


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> Date: Thursday, 09-May-96 02:01 PM
>  
> Wayne,
> 
> Thanks for spending the time to write your entertaining note and
comments.
> Being a quality freak is nothing to be ashamed of. You are doing the
right
> thing by not logging those faint apparitions at the edge of your FOV.
No
> one can see 5th magnitude meteors 40 degrees from the center of their
> field. Even the most experienced observers cannot see meteors that
faint
> beyond 20 degrees. At 40 degrees distant the faintest one could see
would
> be a slow 3rd magnitude meteor. Anything fainter would probably be
bogus.
> Take it from someone who has been accused of having "fisheye" lenses
for
> eyes. You will have less trouble differentiating bogus meteors from
the
> real thing as you gain experience.
> 
> Bob in San Diego