alt/az terminology, paths of Iridium glints, etc.
Walter Nissen (dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
Mon, 20 Oct 1997 20:24:44 -0400 (EDT)
The term "paranoia" slipped in and out of my mind when I read Phil Chien
humorously saying he thought people might post *just* to annoy him. 8->
(He was writing about how Atlantis trails Mir on the way up and Atlantis
leads Mir on the way down). But now:
paul.d.maley1@jsc.nasa.gov writes:
> Paul D. Maley
> phone: 281-244-0208
> fax: 281-244-7622
> latitude 29.5378 north; longitude 95.0868 west; altitude 6 m
^^^^^^^^
and njb@pavilion.co.uk, Nick Budd, writes:
> Subject: Finding location for brightest Iridium flare
> The next logical step to that would be a
> range of mags, say anything brighter than -3, and come out with a list
> of coorinates that could be plotted on a surface map. I guess there might be
> a problem with different altitudes in hilly terrain areas but to a first
^^^^^^^^
> approximation it would do the trick.
You guys really ARE doing this just to tweak my nose. 8-> Aren't you??
8->
Even in the upstart aerospace literature of this Century, they don't
confuse altitudes [sic] of craft with elevations of topography. Do they?
8-> Or do they?
You guys really ARE doing this just to tweak my nose. 8-> Aren't you??
8->
Or are you just trying to point out the inevitability of my (reluctant,
but clear) position that alt/az will be the survivor? 8->
I know Jay and Paul know (Paul and I conducted the first intercontinental
asteroidal occultation expedition, on which Paul obtained the first
photograph ever made of an asteroidal occultation), but I hope the rest of
you realize as well that the people at IOTA
(http://www.sky.net/~robinson/iotandx.htm and
http://www.anomalies.com/iota/splash.htm) are well ahead in the subject of
drawing paths on maps and mounting expeditions to reach them. There are
numerous paths published in Sky&Telescope magazine every year (typically
the Jan and Feb issues) and the house organ is "Occultation Newsletter".
Probably a lot to learn there in forecasting Irdm glints.
Cheers.
Walter Nissen dk058@cleveland.freenet.edu
-81.8637, 41.3735, 256m elevation
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