Re: (meteorobs) Aids for night vision? II

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• From: <marco.langbroek@wanadoo.nl>
• Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2001 10:21:45 +00100 (MET)
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By the way, back in 1993, while on an archaeological excavation in France, I 
empirically determined that alcohol before observing indeed is not a good idea. 
After a few glasses of wine (hey: you'r in France! No escape!) in a fine 
restaurant I settled for a short observing session. The effect of the wine was 
odd. No, I didn't start to see double meteors or start to miss meteors: what 
happened was that my meteor magnitude estimates blew off track. I made a remark 
initially to the then visual director, noting my apparent alcohol promillage 
and "ha! no odd meteor numbers! A bit of alcohol is no problem!". To which he 
remarked: "Oh no? Your average sporadic magnitude: +1.8". Ooops!

- Marco 

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