Re: Routine Obs Reporting
Alexander Seidel (ase@planet-interkom.de)
Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:51:53 +0200
finn@main.jetnet.ab.ca wrote:
>
> I admit that not all of them were interesting but should posts only be made
> if something interesting is seen and what is considered interesting? Should
> rules or criteria for what can or can not be reported be applied to the
> list? Should, as the list-member mentioned, the Subject line include a
> mention of what is of interest or maybe put in a ROR (Routine Obs Report)
> warning so those that are not interested can delete the post without reading
> it? What do the rest of you think?
Hi Jari and listees,
for me as one of the old time observers almost anything related to
visual satellite observations is interesting, though I must admit I
wouldnīt like to permanently read posts of the "I saw Mir!" type, or
posts about steady "standard" objects like etc. the old Cosmos payloads
or rockets. But yes, I would like to read about tumblers/flashers,
especially those with an odd behaviour, or those that have not been
observed for a long time (according to the PPAS) and are still "worth"
looking at for one or the other reason, and yes, I would like to read
about the optical characteristics of newly launched satellites or
satellites nearing decay. For me this is as interesting as e.g.
observing geostationary satellites may be to others with a better
equipment, or making positional measurements and orbit analysis of
spysats to another bunch of listees.
Nothing but a personal opinion, but worth my two cents.
May be it would be a good idea to have a clue in the subject line so
that routine observing posts could be filtered out and ignored, if
desired, just by reading the line. Just for example: this works well
with another great mailing list that I am subscribed to as a meteorite
collector (there, e.g. the dealerīs posts can be ignored when reading
"AD" in the subject line). On the other hand, there are only quite a few
people here that are reporting visual observations on a routine basis,
and I believe they are all well known (hi there, Leo!). So if they like
to share the results of their observing sessions with some of the rest
of us, who are also interested in that, why shouldnīt they be allowed to
do so?
Alex
P.S. a note just to add to the discussion :-) Saw the new Okean-O Zenit
rocket (#25861, 99-39B) in twilight conditions this evening, on a 45 deg
pass in the West. Very nice bird, but a bit difficult to have the flash
period measured in twilight conditions (..up here in the North), with
varying peak brightnesses. It is about 0.54 sec now.
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