(meteorobs) Re: ALPO Lunar Eclipse Activities

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• Subject: (meteorobs) Re: ALPO Lunar Eclipse Activities
• From: Lew Gramer <dedalus>
• Date: Tue, 24 Sep 96 13:44:44 -0400
• Cc: Ken Poshedly <102745.313@compuservedot com>, FGRAHAM@el4.kenteliv.kentdot edu, Lew Gramer (me) <dedalus>
• In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Sep 96 23:02:25 EDT." <199609240302.XAA05245@store-forward.mindspringdot com>
• Reply-To: meteorobs@latradedot com
• Sender: owner-meteorobs

Ken Poshedly sent an excellent post into the ASTRO list on doing scientific 
observations during the upcoming lunar eclipse. I and others would like to do 
some meteor observing during totality, if the moon is dark enough. (Mainly just 
to say we observed during a full moon, although any hour's data is useful.) In 
the course of this observing, of course, we'll be taking regular visual limiting 
magnitude measurements (always done for visual meteor observing).

My question: Would a series of such LM measurements be useful in quantifying the 
darkness at totality? Seems like measurements taken both near the zenith and 
near the moon might allow greater accuracy and less subjectivity than the Danjon 
luminosity scale. All thoughts appreciated!

Clear skies,
Lew Gramer

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