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Re: (meteorobs) Thanks for the answers
In a message dated 98-07-31 11:50:19 EDT, you write:
<< Kim Question: When all the plots are sent in, and who ever is the keeper
of the final copies, have they ever put these into a computer or
overlaid them, to see if different people seen the same meteor on the
same path and course? Is there a way to scan them in and lay them on
top of one another?<<
Mark: Although the above is possible, I am not aware of anyone having done
that.
Here in N. America Bob and George do a lot of simultaneous plotting out
there and I know the DMS folks do some together. But I have not heard of a
comparison being done. >>
Well isn't it true that any distance between observers has the meteor path
looking different? I think I remember when my last club did half-a$$ed
meteor observing that we did a 2 station ( 20km apart (?) ) photograph
session. The 2 sites were conected via ham-radio and we knew right away when
we both captured a bright Lyrid in the frame. When the photos were comparedthe
angles were different. So IMHO I think you would just get a big headache
trying to decipher which meteors were the same.
Also I don't think that any of us are close enough to each other - Bob L. and
George are together, Wayne and I are together, and a few groups of the Euro
observers, no one else talks about group observing. So I assume the rest of us
are scattered singly. I think the only chance in NA would be the Great White
North people. That is, if their observing sites are relatively close together.
I forget, but I think there's a limit on how far away each station could be.
Kevin
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