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Re: (meteorobs) Shoestring VS Necklace method

Rather than the shoestring method I have started using the necklace method.   ;-)
I have a small LED flashlight tied around my neck with a string.   The LED is handy
if I need to check a sky chart or my notes.   The string necklace is long enough to
pull up and use as a "shoestring"  to check the path of a meteor.
This method also allows me to keep both of my shoes tied   ;-)

Clear Skies and FireBalls
Dustin Brown



Karl Antier wrote:

> Hi Chuck and the list !
>
> > what site do you recommend for
> > finding a detailed description of employing
> > the "shoestring" technique
>
> "Shoestring" isn't really a technique; it's just a way to associate a meteor to
> its radiant. Usually, a shoestring is made to attach your shoe to your foot. But
> amator astronomer are really ingenious, ans because all they use can be used for
> astronomy, shoestring is used by meteor observers... Very easy. I don't know if
> a site is dedicated to shoestring use in meteor astronomy, but may be useful
> ;-)) First you secluded a shoedtring from a shoe (preferably one you don't use
> often, otherwise you might have difficulties to walk later ). As said
> previously, a dark shoe string is preferable to a white one, because a dark one
> is easier to see in the sky ( I just used a dark blue one during the Perseid,
> will try with a clear one one of these day, just to see what it gives ). When
> you have your shoestring in hand, and when you're comfortably observing meteor,
> you wait one of these shooting stars... When one came in your field of view, you
> put the shoestring on the apparent path of the meteor, and you see where do this
> shoestring led to, so where the meteor came from in the sky. If it hit the
> radiant, you just have to check the speed of the meteor to really be able to say
> that it's a member of a determined radiant ( this has just been explained in
> previous mails ).
> Very simple... But amator astronomers are really ingenious personns ;-))
>
> Clear skies !
>
> Karl.
>
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