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Re: (meteorobs) Plotting and shower association
In a message dated 96-10-17 16:34:04 EDT, you write:
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I've always wondered about that little snag in the IMO plotting method! What
you
do is surely good observing practice for us newbies, especially when
observing
minor or suspect shower radiants. The problem is that IMO expects shower
associations along with all the other data during a plotting session: and I
COULD add that info during the analysis afterwards, but I feel kind of funny
doing it post facto instead, so I generally make a *suspect* association
right
after I plot the meteor (and occasionally before), but before I note
magnitude,
etc. What do the "less new salts" think on this one?
Lew
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Lew,
I think you mis read IMO instructions on plotting. It's advised by IMO to not
know where a radiant is so that you won't have biased plots. Later during
your analysis or data reduction you can take all the associatioon rules into
consideration and then assign a shower to it if able.
George Z.
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