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Re: (meteorobs) Thanks for the answers
>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.
Hi Kevin, you are right...the distance between the meteor photo guys is the
basis for the double station work. I only mentioned Bob and George since
they do a lot of observing side by side....you and Wayne would fall in that
too. But since it's always cloudy....I forgot about y'all! ;->
-Mark
>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