800Whrs+ Staying Up Late ideas |
800Whrs+ Staying Up Late ideas |
Jun 6 2009, 07:04 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14434 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
With Spirit producing an annoyingly large amount of power given her current predicament, the time may well have come to re-open the Gusev astronomy society. Anyone have any dusk / nightime observation ideas?
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Jul 1 2009, 04:53 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Great animation, Fred!
It gave me another possible evening app idea. Looks like some of those streaks just might be sporadic (random non-shower) meteors. On Earth, due to a number of factors including season & time of day, the average rate at any locale is anywhere from 2 to maybe 20 per hour across the entire visible sky. I'm certain that we have no data at all about the rate of sporadic meteor occurrence anywhere else in the Solar System. The rate of sporadics is highest just before sunrise as the piece of Earth or Mars you happen to be on faces the direction of the planet's orbital motion around the Sun. It could be well worth while to execute a predawn observation campaign for as many days as we can to get a rough meteor count. Might even get lucky & identify a Martian meteor shower or two! -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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