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Re: (meteorobs) Question on Cloud!!
Hi Lew,
>I personally have only one approach on these nights: I do my LM estimates in
>SEVERAL areas of the sky, not just the zenith, and then average all these
>later. This is non-standard though, and I couldn't say how it might
>prejudice
>analyses with my data later...
>
>So how about it, folks - any better advice for these too-frequent situations?
>
>Lew
When I get haze or thin cirrus clouds, etc... I do the same thing: LM
estimates
over different areas of my field. I'll star count my triangles as often
as the
sky appears to change. However, if the sky changes so much that I find
myself
only star counting and NOT meteor observing, I will call a break. I'll
sign on
only when things improve again.
Lew, with this approach (the LM counts), do you ignore completely sky
obstructions on your reports? For me, I leave that part alone but I'll
have a
note giving the reason why my LM suddenly went down.
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