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Re: (meteorobs) Re: coeff.

You can also have a look at the full story of IMO reduction
procedure at


   http://www.imodot net/articles/results.html

(first two articles). The detection probabilities can be found in
paper II and were derived from a few throusand meteors from
'double-count' observations..

>  Below factors were derived by Peter Jenniskens from DCV estimates by Dutch
>  DMS observers, and come from his 1994 Astron. & Astroph. paper (A&A 287,
>  990-1013). They give you an idea of the fraction of meteors which is
>  typically seen (and the balance missed) for several magnitude classes (and
>  Lm at +6.5). Note that these are something of an average, in reality they
>  will be observer dependant:
>  
>  -2     0.75
>  -1     0.73
>  0       0.70
>  +1     0.63
>  +2     0.48
>  +3     0.32
>  +4     0.09
>  +5     0.009
>  +6     0.001

Rainer Arlt

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