RE:May 22 Fireball

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• Subject: RE:May 22 Fireball
• From: wayne.t.hally@bangate1.tekdot com
• Date: Thu, 23 May 96 2:41:10 EDT

Lew spoke exactly the question I pondered last light. I realized that I 
only had a fuzzy mental concept of what a -11 would be. I seemed to recall 
the Full moon being -12, but wasn't sure, so I had to look it up in the 
NAMN Guide and Spiritual Resource Manual. I also thought, exactly how do 
you translate the extended surface of a full moon to a point (Fat point?) 
of light moving across the sky? It is I suppose a similar exercise to 
estimating comet megnitudes..dot defocusing the point to fill the sky area? 
(PS finally had clear enough sky to spot Hale-Bopp for the first time last 
night with my 10X50 binocs). So, Mark, it's now time to ascend to the hot 
seat! Sleepy, blurry-eyed minds want to know. 
Wayne, newby III

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