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(meteorobs) Leonids In Ireland + radio request
*request for help on radio observations at bottom*
Hi all
I'd just like to add our name to the list of leonid observers worldwide!
My name's Breandan, I'm the chairman of the astronomy society in Trinity
College Dublin, Ireland's top university. It was on my behalf that Robert
Lunsford forwarded the request about radio observations of meteors in the
hydrogen-band frequency: i'd like to say thanks to those who responded.
Unfortunately, from the responses, it looks like that radiotelescope will
be useless.
However all is not lost. A group from our society will be going to
a good dark sky location to observe the shower. We will have with us 2
telescopes, the biggest an 8inch reflector; the other a 2 1/4 inch
refractor. The smaller will be used with a wide field eyepiece to view (we
hope) the fainter meteors. The larger will be used for looking at the
moon, just in case...!
We'll also have a camera, so hopefully we'll get some photographs
of leonids: anything we do get will be put on the net.
(As a side note on this, if anyone wants to do a bit
of triangulation using our photo's and their own, we'd be very happy to
co-operate!)
Of course for all this to work we need clear skies, which we have
not had for the leonids for the last 3 years!!!
Finally, we're trying to set up a radio reciever to get the
reflected signals of meteors. And I have a request: we don't know what
radio station to use as the transmitter. There has been several similar
requests, so:
* ***if anyone knows the location of a transmitter in Eastern
* Europe with enough power, could they please let me know the
* location and frequency?***
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks, and hope we all have clear skies! (especially us!)
Breandan
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