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(meteorobs) (fwd) IAU C-22 Pro/Am Working Group Circular
>Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 14:11:23 -0800 (PST)
>From: peter@max.arc.nasadot gov (Peter Jenniskens)
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>9th CIRCULAR TO MEMBERS OF THE PRO-AMAT WORKING GROUP OF IAU COM. 22
>=========================================================================
>
> Date: December 10, 1999
>
>Dear meteor colleague,
>
>We would like to encourage recent efforts to provide awareness of
>meteor shower activity and motivate the participation of amateur
>observers in shower monitoring programs.
>
>The Leonid 1999 campaigns have been spectacular successful. Media interest
>was a lot less this year, but many amateur observers have closely followed
>the shower and the observing activities. Many have rekindled their
>interest in meteor observing or were excited in a first attempt. It is
>important to keep this enthusiasm alive.
>
>The Internaional Meteor Organisation is working to help amateur observers
>improve their observing strategies and process the data into useful bits of
>scientific knowledge. Already, IMO circulars are distributed that inform
>shortly after a major shower about the level of activity and the flux
profile.
>Note that many national meteor societies and associations are working for
this
>purpose also. Contact addresses can be found at:
>http://leonid.arc.nasadot gov/links.html
>
>One of the new exciting developments as a result of the Leonid efforts
>are projects to provide near-real time flux measurements. In the case
>of potential storms, they help raise awareness among satellite operators
>who are naturally concerned about impact hazard. In the case of regular
>showers, they allow amateur observers worldwide to follow the meteor
>activity when it is clouded and help raise awareness among other amateurs
>about meteor shower activity that is currently happening.
>
>Now, for example, NASA Outreach Specialist Dr. Tony Phillips and Mark
Davis of
>the North American Meteor Network have taken an initiative to post
>near-real time flux data on the Geminid shower from Dec. 10 until Dec. 17.
>Science@NASA has set up a special site for the Geminids:
>http://www.geminids.com
>Mark is coordinating the effort for NAMN. He can be reached
>by e-mail: meteorobs@charlestondot net
>or at Tel.: 1-843-8499013
>
>The International Meteor Organisation can be reached at:
>visual@imodot net (the head of the visual commission Rainer Arlt)
>president@imodot net (IMO's president Juergen Rendtel)
>and through addresses on the homepage: http://www.imodot net
>
>If you are in a possition to help these efforts, please do.
>
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Dr. Peter Jenniskens
>
>Chair
>IAU C-22, Pro-Amat Working Group
>
>..........................................................................
>
> Peter Jenniskens
>
> The SETI Institute e-mail: peter@max.arc.nasadot gov
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>
> http://leonids.arc.nasadot gov/pjenniskens.html
>
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>
>
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James Richardson
Department of Physics
Florida State University (FSU)
Operations Manager
American Meteor Society (AMS)
http://www.amsmeteors.org
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