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The Real and Apparent Stellar Magnitudes of Telescopic Meteors
Author(s) -
Wylie C. C.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
contributions of the meteoritical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2805
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1951.tb00162.x
Subject(s) - meteoroid , naked eye , meteor (satellite) , physics , telescope , astronomy , optics , fluorescence
A bstract Six (6) dual observations of meteors, made with the naked eye and with a telescope or binoculars, are discussed. It is found that one (1) was a “point” meteor. Two (2) were “line” meteors seen with the telescope or binoculars before being noticed with the naked eye and at below‐the‐naked‐eye magnitude. Three (3) were “line” meteors, for which the binocular and the naked‐eye observers recorded essentially the same real magnitudes.