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Re: (meteorobs) October 09/10 Observation
>Thanks for the reply, Mark! It seems like there's constantly something to
learn
>on this list! So is it general practice once a radiant moves beyond a certain
>distance from the center of your field of view, to stop distinguishing members
>from that shower? Do you other old salts generally do this, too?
Lew, a little more detail....on this night I located the center of my field
in preference to the Orionids. Keep in mind that the center of your field is
actually a "point" and that you follow this as it moves across the sky. So
if you have chosen the center carefully, the radiants you are monitoring
should not become a problem. They will almost always be in a location
suitable for monitoring. My decision to end Taurid observations was not
because of the radiant itself moving away from my FOV, but the fact it was
moving into a bad region of sky at my specific site. I could have kept all
three radiants in my field, but again, that would have dropped the LM of a
portion of my field to 5.0 or 5.1. So in this case, I changed my FOV to one
suitable for the Orionids only.
Sorry if I confused you earlier!
Mark Davis
MeteorObs@charlestondot net