Re: Standard Iridium Report Format
Jim Varney (sat_watcher@rocketmail.com)
Fri, 8 May 1998 08:45:37 -0700 (PDT)
---Chris Dorreman <bram.dorreman@skynet.be> wrote:
>
> A few comments about the format
>
> > * Col 40 CmpStar is the Comparison Star used by observer to judge Mo. Use
>
> I sometimes use 2 or more stars to compare with.
Perhaps the 2nd, 3rd, etc. comparison stars could be listed in the Comments
section at the bottom of the report. I think keeping the reports to a
single line is a good idea as it's neater, more compact, more readable. But
of course, it's Paul Maley's data, so it's his call.
> > * Col 48 Elset epoch. Copy the entire epoch from the elset used to
>> predict the flare.
>
> According to Bram (my dad), 3 decimals would be enough.
Smart father you have there! 3 decimals is enough if the epoch was being
used to calculate the age of the elset. The idea behind cutting-and-pasting
the entire epoch is that it can be used to identify exactly which elset was
used for the prediction, if an in-depth analysis is desired of a particular
observation.
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