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Re: (meteorobs) MBK Team observations July 12/13


Hi All,
It seems to me that if you have 2 tape recorders and 2 observers you can 
cover more sky that way (doh). The tape recorder doesn't need to learn 
anything but the assistant will learn by doing. When I first started 
observing, Wayne and I looked in adjacent directions, we covered twice the 
sky and I learned by listening to him and doing. Of course it wasn't during 
any major shower so there was plenty of time to talk about what is going on. 
When a meteor flashed the talking stopped and the data taking began. We both 
have the talking watches so if I was saying something and I heard his watch I 
knew to keep quiet while he took down his data - and vica-versa. 
Then the two of us used this learning technique w/ Tom K. and when he left 
we're this doing it w/ Anne G..  Sure the data wasn't perfect the first time 
out, but whose was?  Who honestly learns by standing on the side line rather 
than getting into the game? 
Now were covering 3 times the sky your "team" is covering.
Personally, I would get pretty bored with taking down someone elses data, 
while none of what I saw was counted. Just my 2 cents...

Kevin K
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In a message dated 7/22/99 1:23:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, excel@sioldot net 
writes:

> Usually the recorder sees the meteor too, so he can gain valuable knowledge 
> about determining magnitudes, durations and shower associations. If the 
> recorder is the only one who sees the meteor, we don't record it.
>  When a meteor appears, I immediately say 'write' and the recorder jots 
down 
> the time and waits for other data.
>  It may sound a bit out of date, why use a recorder if you can use a *tape* 
> recorder?? Guilty as charged, but the tape recorder doesn't learn anything 
> while it records the data, while in this way you can train future 
observers. 
> Also, it's more fun to have someone to talk to when the rates become really 
> slow 


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