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Re: (meteorobs) Re: FOV of Field definition
Hi all!
I personnally allways try to watch in the same direction, that's to say not moving
my eyes more than 5° around the FOV I record. It's sometimes quite difficult allways
watching the same part of the sky and sometimes the stars are disapearing( might be
due to the fact that the eye's habit seeing allways the same light points make them
disappear) but they appear again when I move a little bit the eyes. I also don't
move to much because, like Bob, I think this will probably change our perception. I
think that it's mainly based on the movement of the meteor you see it, more than the
brightness. That's why sometimes I move quickly the head believing I'll see a meteor
and it's in fact just a plane or a satellite moving toward the sky. And I think that
if you're allways moving your eyes, you won't have the same peception because you'll
be used to see the sky moving, whereas when you stay immobile, the move of the
meteor will help you to see it.
That's what I think. Have the others also notice that?
Clear skies ansd good Ursids!
Karl.
Robert Lunsford a écrit :
> Lew and All,
>
> I also am moving my eyes most of the time but in a fairly limited area
> directly in front of me. I may wander off 15-20 degrees in any direction
> but that is usually the limit. There is a certain comfortable point that
> I spend most of my time staring at. This is the center of my FOV.
>
> I try to keep my head as still as possible during the session. It seems
> to me that any head movement decreases my perception. Have others
> noticed this?
>
> Happy Holidays!
>
> Bob
>
> Lew Gramer wrote:
> >
> > Kim Youmans wrote:
> > >As a beginner, there was a bit of mystery that I had to clear up as far as
> > >orientaion during a session. Is it OK to look all around, back behind me, to
> > >the right or left, if I plan on writing a report? The answer is basically no.
> > >I was told it was important to keep oneself focused on the FOV recorded...
> >
> > Kim, I hate to say it, but my application of the technique is exactly the
> > opposite of the above! For every session period, I basically record where
> > my BODY is pointing. But in order to keep my attention level up, to avoid
> > any occasional cloud (and corresponding F-factor adjustment), and just to
> > make my observing a bit more varied and enjoyable, I move my eyes around
> > all the time, and my head from time to time as needed... Is this wrong?
> >
> > Kim, I'll take the liberty of speaking for you, and say that we'd BOTH be
> > interested to hear what other experienced observers do! :)
> >
> > Clear skies,
> > Lew
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