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RE: (meteorobs) FOV and Catatonia
Dangit. Everybody always says "with age." I've seen them my whole
life. And I didn't even get glasses until I was 24!
>The "flashers" or Floaters that you experienced are caused by streaming and
>bubbling of the vitreous humor of the eye catching incident light. Floaters
>are a normal phenomena that occur with age. As your eye moves they will
>track with the movement and can sometimes appear as fast streaks. I am a
>victim of them too. I thought I had a cataract until my eye doctor explained
>what was happening. I see them when I get fatigued also. Many faint flashes
>I see, I have trouble determining if it is a true meteor or just a flasher.
>If I can't decide, I discount it.
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>> From: Lew Gramer[SMTP:dedalus@latrade.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 12:32 PM
>> To: Meteor Observing Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: (meteorobs) FOV and Catatonia
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>> Kim wrote:
>> >Finally I could not agree with Bob and Mark more on keeping
>> >one's head still if at all possible.
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>> I also experience these "flashers" - particularly while fatigued.
>> And the more of my body I move, the more likely I am to see them:
>> if I am just moving my head, they are never more than occasional.
>> If I shift in my lawnchair, they occur fairly often if I'm tired.
>> But when I'm just lying back down from a break, then nearly every
>> time I will see a flasher or two, even if I'm not very tired! It
>> is a natural part of my session to screen these from my counts.
>>
>> Anyway, I suspect if we could actually track our pupils, we'd find
>> that most experienced observers in reasonable conditions (i.e., no
>> intermittent clouds, no moon or headlights to avoid, etc.) pretty
>> much keep our heads in a fairly small area. However, I don't make
>> it a point to concentrate on keeping my head still during a watch:
>> it would simply be too distracting for me. That said, do Rainer or
>> Bob or others believe my data are less correctable for that reason?
>>
>> If so, I would need to adjust my observing technique yet again. (It
>> would not be the first time in 25 very interittent years. :) Nor do
>> I expect it would be the last such adjustment!)
>>
>> Clear skies,
>> Lew
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