I down loaded the app, and when I try to set the location all I get is a
blank screen. I don/t know what it supposed to do, but it ain't doing it.
If you download it make sure you can set a location before you get to Mike's
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 10:35 PM, Howard Moneta <hmoneta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks a lot for letting us know Sam.
Best,
Howard
On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 9:23 PM insanas <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I just talked to Mike , Bob's brother . The final autopsy cause of death
was determined to be essentially a heart attack. He apparently had blockage
of his arteries. Mike will be calling some of you to discuss this in more
detail.
He said it is OK to let everyone in our club know. Take care, Sam
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: insanas@xxxxxxx
Date: 07/21/2015 6:53 PM (GMT-07:00)
To: insanas@xxxxxxx, pasmembers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Perseids meteor shower at Mike's
I have mentioned that we at PAS can try to do some astronomy science
projects. Next month at the Perseid meteor shower at Mike's we could try to
do a meteor count. The editors of Sky and Telescope on August 20, 2012
listed several projects that astronomy enthusiasts can try. One was a
meteor count. I found a free app for my Android called "The Perseid Meteor
Counter". I then installed it for free on my Galaxy 5
Samsung phone. It gives instructions on the project, requires a
reasonably dark site (Mike's should do being around Bortle 4.5), reasonably
clear horizons, and use of the app that has buttons for starting the count
and for pausing the count and continuing the count and ending the count.
You also press a button when a meteor is spotted and it is recorded and
sent to a central processing center for analysis. It sounds like we could
have fun trying it where we sit in a group and people shout when they a see
a meteor and then a person with the cell phone can press the button. If a
mistake is made, an oops button can be pressed to cancel the
sighting. There may be other apps available for Iphones or laptops or
Ipads. I've never done it before but am willing to bring my phone to see
if it works. If anyone else has done something like this or has other ideas
let us know. Take care, Sam
