alfredo caronia Jul 8, 2013
> Helo Bernd![Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
> Many thanks for your help!
>
> The advice can be very helpful and I thank you!
>
> For information, I still have the original data of the CD, for the year
> 1998 - month of September!
>
> I wanted to ask:
>
> 1) It is possible to find the latest data-files easily? Example: from IAU
> or IMO or
> Sonotaco Link?
> Are these data-files editable in text format (. Txt)?
>
> 2) Do you know the specific meaning of: dAlpha and dDelta in Meteor.dat (
> Guide 9 ) ?
>
> Maybe it means:
>
> Drift Alpha
> and
> Drift Delta
>
> meaning Alpha and Delta = RA and DEC?
>
> Thank you!
>
>
> I hope, however, that Bill Gray can find the solution with indications on
> the the options provided by the software!
>
>
> Regards!
>
> Alfredo Caronia
>
>
> 2013/7/8 Bernd Brinkmann <bernd.brinkmann@...>
>
>> **
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>>
>> Hello Alfredo,
>>
>> the information you are seeing / searching for are in an ASCII file
>> called
>> "meteor.dat" in the Guide 9 subfolder "text".
>>
>> Mine is dating from Nov. 30th 2011. So any meteor stream discovered
>> afterwards
>> can't be included.
>>
>> But I think you can edit this file with a simple text editor (not Word)
>> after
>> making a copy of it. This can be done with many other ASCII files of
>> Guide.
>>
>> So when you have the data you can include them into this file or correct
>> the
>> existing ones. The content of the columns are described at the very end
>> of the
>> file. A more detailed explanation of the content of "meteor.dat" (also
>> what is
>> shown using "more info") is given at the end of the file "cd_data_2.tdf"
>> in the
>> section "file !:\text\meteor.dat".
>>
>> I hope this information is useful for you.
>>
>>
>> > I verified, by searching by Guide 9 with the command "Go to TDF.Object -
>> > Meteor Showers IMO", that are not included various meteor showers
>> > taken from the list IMO used as reference in Guide 9!
>> >
>> > Examples:
>> >
>> > *Northern Daytime omega Cetids (NOC) - Results: Object Not Found.*
>>
>> >
>> > Same results ( object not found) for the following meteor shower:
>> >
>> > *- The shower Eta Lyrids (ELY)**
>>
>> >
>> > - April rho Cygnids (ARC),
>> >
>> > - Comet Halley Age Aquariids (EAQ),
>> >
>> > - The annual Northern June Aquilids (NZC)*
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > and so on .
>> >
>> > Also, if I try to find, with the command "Go to TDF.Object - IMO Meteor
>> > Showers",
>> > the meteor indicated by the following name:
>> >
>> > *Southern Daytime omega Cetids (OCE) *
>> > *
>> > when I type " OCE " , Guide 9 gives this result: " *Radiant** of Meteor
>> > Shower
>> > Omikron-Centaurids IMO (International Meteor Organization) acronym:
>> OCE* ".
>>
>> >
>> > What are the reasons for this?
>> >
>> > However, I suggest finding the ability to make these data upgradeable
>> regard
>> > to the periodic updates of the list of meteor showers that is to be
>> > accordingly amended or supplemented!
>> >
>> > Note: Links used by the undersigned:
>> >
>> > * http://cams.seti.org/maps.html
>> > * http://www.arm.ac.uk/~dja/shower/codes.html
>> >
>> > Regards!
>> >
>> > Alfredo Caronia
>>
>> Clear skies
>> Bernd
>>
>> Bernd Brinkmann
>>
>> Sternwarte Herne, MPC code A18
>> Herne, Germany
>>
>> e-mail: info@...
>> http://www.sternwarte-herne.de
>>
>>
>>
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