Rob and List, This is often the case. I would use the coordinates that the camera operator gives. Sometimes the location given by the camera operator is also incorrect, although I do not think that is the case this time. Best, Dirk
I have posted the operators` information as well as the contact names given to me. with links. --- On Thu, 10/20/11, Matson, Robert D. <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Matson, Robert D. <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Bad camera location ... AGAIN > To: "drtanuki" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 6:23 AM > As seems to happen with every new > fall, I find significant discrepancies > between reported All-Sky camera locations, and the > coordinates that the > camera operators claim for their cameras. In the case of > the Soest, Germany, > camera, I did not have the camera coordinates yesterday, so > I just used > the center of Soest, Germany. But according to the > operator's website: > > http://www.chief-impactor.de/meteorcam/index.html > > the camera is at 50°42'38"N, 7°22'44"E, 250m. If you plot > this on a map, > it is NOWHERE NEAR Soest -- it's in Buchholz, 60 miles to > the southwest > of Soest! So which is right for this camera -- the city > name or the > coordinates? > > --Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: drtanuki [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 1:58 PM > To: Matson, Robert D.; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Germany/Netherlands meteor > update > > Rob and List, It seems that the triangulation leads > to a potential drop in Holland: > http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/2011/10/soest-germany-fireball-meteor-16oct2011.html > Thank you Rob! Dirk...Tokyo > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
