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(meteorobs) VMDB 1999 available




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The Visual Meteor Database:
 VMDB FILES 1999 AVAILBLE

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The 1999 files of meteor observations as collected by
the Visual Commission of the International Meteor
Organization are closed. Due to the extraordinary
amount of data, the issue has been delayed to the
end of 2000. 

Extracts of the original dBase files can be found at

   http://www.imodot net/visual/vmdb.html

A printed version of the data will be shipped together
with the December issue of WGN, the Journal of the IMO.
The original dBase files contain additional information
on 'plotting/counting'. They are available on request.


The enormous number of incoming observations requires
efficient processing. Please make sure your observing
form is similar to what is given at 

   http://www.imodot net/visual/imoform.html

Do not send office file formats such as Word documents
or Excel sheets, as these are unreadable on other 
computer systems. Remember that the number of observing
periods in 1999 was 22137; if each of them takes only
2 minutes to process, I need 738 hours to utilize them.
That means I have to spend 2 hours on the VMDB EVERY 
DAY. Hence, please do not increase the workload with
file processing.


Rainer Arlt


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Visual Commission -- International Meteor Organization -- www.imodot net
visual@imodot net --  phone: +49-331-7499-533  --  fax: +49-331-7499-526

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