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Re: (meteorobs) Problems...
About the glasses - can't you use contact lens?
Clear skies,
Shy :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Antier" <karl.antier@wanadoo.fr>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 20:05
Subject: (meteorobs) Problems...
> Hi all !
>
> After a long period of non-observing, I'm now going to come back in the
> great team of meteor observers... But as I was preparing my first new
> sessions, I faced two major problems :
> - the first one consisted in the way to make the distinction between
> alpha-Capricornids and Sagittarids. Their radiants are currently very
> close together, and as I leave in Western France ( 1°34'1.2"W ;
> 46°40'1.2"N ), their aren't very elevated, and, if I observe at an
> elevation of 50-70°, meteors coming from both of these streams will
> appear parallel. And the velocity of these two sources are also similar
> : 25km/s and 30 km/s, the difference seems for me too small to allow a
> disinction. Can someone help me and tell me what's the best solution ?
> - the second one is that during my 2 years break, I got the surprise to
> get a pair of glasses, for astigmatism and short-sighting... Have I
> better keeping them while observing, even if my field of view will be
> restricted, or must I throw them away, even if my lm might be not as
> high as before ? The correction is not very very important, ( it must be
> 6/10 and 8/10, or something like that ).
>
> Thanks in advance for your answers !
>
> Clear skies !
> Karl.
>
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