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Re: (meteorobs) A Question of Direction (About Meteors!)
Mark:
I would suggest using "True North" corrected directions, NOT magnetic
readings. Investigators often don't have local maps at hand to see what the
local magnetic deviations are. This saves time trying to track this down.
Either way, you should indicate which you have used in your report.
Ed Majden - MIAC Associate
EMO Sandia Bolide Detection Station - Courtenay B.C. Canada.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Fox" <unclefireballmtf@yahoo.com>
Subject: (meteorobs) A Question of Direction (About Meteors!)
> November 1, 2002
>
> Greetings Meteor Enthusiasts!
>
> However, a point has been reached where I have come
> across a fundamental question that I have overlooked
> in the past.
>
> In Mr. Robert Lunsford's invaluable meteor activity
> outlooks, he describes where a given active radiant
> is, not only by coordinates, but often by a direction
> from a nearby star. My question stems from my feeble
> efforts to record the apparent directions of the
> meteors I see. In the past, I have been trying to
> record them with magnetic north directions, which just
> so happens to be very close to true north readings for
> my location
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