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Meteor Observations with a Small Radio Telescope

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Astronomy with Small Telescopes

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It is probably my imagination, but for years it has seemed to me that most of the really active meteor showers reach their maximum when the Moon is unfavourable, the Sun is above the horizon, or the sky is overcast. But since I began to observe these showers with a small radio telescope, these unfavourable conditions have mattered little to me.

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Tonkin, S. (2001). Meteor Observations with a Small Radio Telescope. In: Tonkin, S.F. (eds) Astronomy with Small Telescopes. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0229-8_11

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