(meteorobs) alignment errors (Was Re: June Lyrids)

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• Subject: (meteorobs) alignment errors (Was Re: June Lyrids)
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Thu, 06 Jun 96 12:51:59 -0400
• In-Reply-To: Your message of "06 Jun 96 05:36:30 EDT." <960606093629_100114.1361_EHQ73-1@CompuServedot com>
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Thanks for the clarification on the JLYs, Rainer.

>As the radiant passes the zenith the chances for accidentally
>aligning sporadics is high.

That's interesting! I'm embarrassed to admit that I hadn't been aware of any 
correlation between altitude and visual alignment error until you mentioned 
this! (May have known about it as a youngster, but I'd long forgotten.) What 
sort of error gets introduced as the radiant increases in altitude? Are there 
any tricks of the trade for avoiding these perception errors?

								Lew

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