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(meteorobs) Fireball reporting
Franklin Miller (who lives in Canada??) wrote:
>I think the old report forms for email are still good for those who do not have world wide web accounts. All
the regional centers used to pass on reports to FIDAC/IMO.
>Please Email to Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre
>c/o Bob Hawkes (rhawkes@mtadot ca)
> The Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre is a project of the Meteorite and Impacts Advisory Committee of
the Canadian Space Agency. It is coordinated by Bob Hawkes (rhawkes@mtadot ca) and Damien Lemay
(Damien_Lemay@Infopuq.UQuebecdot ca).
Franklin -
The following is a reply to several questions that I had asked Damien Lemay of MIAC back in January, as
regards sending of fireball reports, for possible cross-border sightings between Canada and the U.S..
Basically, he advised me that fireball reports should be sent to the IMO, and that only possible
meteorite-producing fireballs (Canadian or cross-border) reported to MIAC.
(I will be sending my Canadian fireball reports to Andre Knofel of the IMO at starex@tron.gundot de and copying
Peter Brown for the MIAC end at peter@canlon.physics.uwodot ca - in order to cover all bases....)
- Cathy Hall
Ottawa, Canada
---------- Forwarded Message ----------
From: Damien Lemay, INTERNET:dlemay@quebectel.com
TO: Cathy Hall, 72732,3246
DATE: 1/19/97 9:16 PM
RE: Re: Fireball time
>Question for you, just curious. If MIAC has reports along the Canada /
U.S.
>border, who do they get their data from in the U.S.? Or do reports all get
sent
>to the IMO, and the IMO then figures out if both countries saw the same
>fireballs??
Cathy,
MIAC is interested only in fireballs which have a good chance of having
generated a meteorite. At the beginning of MIAC most of its members were
geologists who wanted meteorites for study in the lab. Today there are
astronomers, they are useful in the group, but their interest is not the
same. IMO on the other hand is interested in accumulating statistics about
shooting stars, meteorite producing events being only the extreme case.
Only fireballs with a brightness approaching full moon have any chance of
producing meteorites, other observations should send to IMO only. By the way,
the North American IMO's coordinator is Peter Brown, also a MIAC member, so
the contact between MIAC and IMO is assured. Regarding cross-border events,
MIAC has a number of more or less formal contacts with Americans.
Damien Lemay
3, 15e rue ouest
Rimouski, Qc, G5L 7Y4
Club Astro de l'UQAR
Centre de Quebec de la SRAC
dlemay@quebectel.com
ftp://ftp.quebectel.com/astroccd/ccd/lemay/
(418) 723-5533 residence
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