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Re: (meteorobs) Eclipse fron NJAA observatory
No what I meant was an object would have had to have been at least that
bright to be seen through the cloud mass. Once again this proves that
Limiting magnitude is made up of two factors...
Sky Transparency
and
Background illumination.In this case, the tranparancy was <.000000000001%
At which point, the backround illumination is irrelevant.
However, I imagine that thermonuclear explosion would have evaporated the
clouds!!
Too bad I didn't think of it sooner.
Wayne, proud to have started so much trouble :-)
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Original Text
From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@latradedot com>, on 10/1/96 10:55 AM:
To: "Meteor Observing Mailing List" <meteorobs@latradedot com>
Norm sent the following tongue-in-cheek reply to the list.
Lew
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From: nmcleod@peganetdot com
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Eclipse fron NJAA observatory
Wayne wrote this:
>About 25 people showed up.
>Limiting Magnitude at start of eclipse was -28.0 approx.
>LM at mid eclipse was approx -30.0
>LM at end eclipse was approx -32.0
>In the 1.25 hours of the eclipse, the meteor totals were:
>DAU 0
>SPI 0
>KAQ 0
>SOR 0
>Sporadics 0
>SO glad I suggested this.
>
>Wayne Tv
>
I select these lines out:
>LM at mid eclipse was approx -30.0
>LM at end eclipse was approx -32.0
These would be the conditions right under a hydrogen fusion explosion.
Assuming the fireball burst is 15 to 40 times brighter than the noon sun,
you will be reduced to a fine grade of ash.
Could the "-" be a hyphen rather than a minus?
Norman
l