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Re: (meteorobs) Observer Perception
-----Original Message-----
From: Lew Gramer <dedalus@latrade.com>
To: Meteor Observing Mailing List <meteorobs@latrade.com>
Date: Wednesday, 12 August 1998 5:06
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Observer Perception
>
>>A little while back there was a short thread on Observer Perception.
>>What I want to know, is there any reliable (or near reliable) formula
>>for calculating observers perception ? It would be handy to be able
>>to calc it for different observers in a group, say if your monitoring
>>a stream and you have 4-5 observers, it makes the results easier to
>>work with and more valid.
>>
>>Thanks in advance, Adam.
>
>
>Did anyone ever answer Adam's question about this?
>
>Lew
>
Hi Lew and list.
I received some answers to the question but if anyone has more information on the topic it would be greatly appreciated.
I haven't been very active with the list lately. My youngest daughter, Jacqueline - 9 mths old, has been quiet ill (2 viral
infections - respiratory) and has been in the hospital on a drip for dehydration. She is a little better the last day and a half
so I have been able to find a little time to read through some of my e-mails. With any luck she will be ok soon so everything
will be back to normal.
One other comment on the moonlight observing. I have found observing from a moderately dark sky is ok and the drive to a very
dark sky isn't worth it. I your sky without the full moon is around 6.3 - 6.5, driving another 100 kms or whatever won't improve
conditions (maybe only a very little). Sure, it is a valid point that if your LM without the moon is around 5 or so, you will
suffer greatly and have a very low LM with the moon. It is something each observer has to weigh up themselves.
Bye for now, Adam Marsh, ASV Meteor Section Asst Director.