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Re: (meteorobs) LM
The maximum recorded LM is not limited since the human power
of imagination is unlimited. Kaname Nakamura reported 20 stars
in the Pleiades in the 1920s, and I still consider him insane.
Let me use this opportunity to say that this is not a matter
of the past. I occasionally have to discard observers because
their reports are driven by ambitions, not by scientific ideas.
If somebody followed the IMC carefully, he may have noticed yet
another unlucky example.
Strong ambition is a bad ingredient to visual observations;
competition on LM and meteor numbers destroy the reliability
of the results. I'd like to call everybody to get out and just
report what you see, irregardless of expectations or someone
else's LM.
So please do not revive the discussion on who saw the highest LM.
It makes me to sick to hear all the mysterious stories about exceptional
observers again ...;-)
Best wishes,
Rainer
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Rainer Arlt -- Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam -- www.aip.de
Visual Commission - International Meteor Organization -- www.imo.net
rarlt@aip.de -- phone: +49-331-7499-533 -- fax: +49-331-7499-526
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