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Re: (meteorobs) Leonid Colors
As for colors, I have trouble identifying them to any great degree, that is
why I do not note very many.
I only record what I am sure about, and few have made enough of an impact
for me to record. Yeah, Leonids wer kind of yellow, but not YELLOW, you
know what I mean? The colors are subtle, and I'm busy trying to get the
rest of the data down accuratly, so that will just have to wait.
Perhaps when next year rolls around, and I've had enough time to assimilate
all the other things I've learned this year, that will come easier. I
notice after extended breaks (I expect after the Quadrantids, I'll not
fight 15 degree temperatures for a month or so, however, if it's gonna be
30 well that's OK), I seem to file some things away in the automatic
category, leading to enough free brain capacity to work on improving
another part of the science of meteorics.
Just my buck 85's worth.
Wayne
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From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@latradedot com>, on 11/20/96 2:47 PM:
To: "Meteor Observing Mailing List" <meteorobs@latradedot com>
Re your comments on colors, maybe there ought to be a caveat in there,
George:
based on what we CURRENTLY know about correcting for individual perceptions,
there's no way to derive useful data about shower or sporadic features from
the
color observations of individuals. From what I've read and heard here,
there's
no question you're right about this.
BUT I also think there's a mighty good chance this will change: we have
enough
knowledge in some cases now to correct for individual's rate counts. We're
bound
(with some more knowledge about sensory biology maybe?) to be able to
correct
for color perceptions some day, and perhaps even derive valuable
information
about stream characteristics (composition, density, speed, etc.)
So for the foreseeable future, I'll keep noting colors carefully on my
forms.
Just my hopeful $0.02,
Lew