Meteor Colors

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• Subject: Meteor Colors
• From: Mark Davis <MeteorObs@Charlestondot net>
• Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 18:56:44 -0400 (EDT)
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Meteor colors are a valuable piece of information to obtain, when possible,
on each observed meteor. However, for many years I never bothered to note
the color of a meteor because I am what doctors call "partially blue-green
colorblind." I always thought any data I obtained would be suspect because
of that. But recently I have started noting meteor colors in my reports if
they are apparent to me. This leads me to a couple questions:

1. Are there any comments on whether I should/should not record colors due
to my "blindness?"

2. The general thought is that color in a meteor fainter than +2.0 magnitude
is improbable due to the faintness. Are there any dissenting comments on this?

Mark

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