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Re: (meteorobs) soul & science (was Re: plot describe count)
>Yes...but he will be concentrating on the right things to practice and learn
>on rather than learning the wrong things to only find out that he was duped
>from the beginning. It would irritate the heck out of me to practice hard on
>something and then find out it wasn't what they wanted from the beginning. I
>would want to learn the right method from the beginning....even if practice
>is needed to perfect it.
You make some good points here. Are you talking about an observer such as
Wayne [sorry Wayne for making you the test case, but you are a good example
:>]? In that case the person went outside to collect data, and they should
taught wrong methods. By first-time observer I had in mind the person that
contacts me with the general question: Where and when can I see the Perseid
falling stars? In this case, they will not be out to collect data, only to
watch the 'fireworks' so to speak. If I send them the NAMN Guide as a
response, they will double-click the <DELETE> button on their mail program.
Instead, I respond to these inquiries by advising them about dark skies,
direction of best field of view, radiant location in deep-sky terms, etc. I
also close by mentioning that this is a field they can make valuable
contributions to, and if interested in the NAMN, to email me back. At that
point, I will recruit them into NAMN, and begin the training.
Mark Davis
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