(meteorobs) colors redux (was Re: 1979 Geminid color table)

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• Subject: (meteorobs) colors redux (was Re: 1979 Geminid color table)
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Fri, 07 Jun 96 16:02:12 -0400
• In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Jun 96 12:09:10 EDT." <199606071609.MAA19087@perseus.peganetdot com>
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Thanks for posting the data, Norm. Once I get more data built up later in the 
year, I'll try to compile and forward it to you.

BTW, it looks like your table suffered from "fontitis": made it pretty hard to 
figure out some parts. Try reposting it to the list using only Courier or some 
other fixed-pitch font, and spaces to separate - don't use any tab characters.


To the List:
Another thing that occurred to me (actually while rereading the variable star 
pages in Muirden's old "Handbook") is that the eye has varying brightness AND 
brightness-change responses at different magnitudes. Thus a red flaring fireball 
will actually seem to increase MORE in brightness than a blue flaring fireball 
with exactly the same (photometric) magnitude range. Note that this effect seems 
to ONLY depend on APPARENT color to each observer. This seems like a good reason 
to report meteor colors, even if they are unreliable. Thoughts from the list?

							Lew

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