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Re: Watching meteorites fall on the Moon


bernd>>(the faintest stars visible to the unaided eye in a non-polluted
environment are about mag. 6).<<

That's kinda an "old wives" tale. My eyes are about average or less compared 
to most meteor observers. From a non polluted rural environment, I often will 
pick out the number of stars from a standardized star count area to come up 
with a Limiting Magnitude of around 6.0 to 6.2.  Like I said, my eyes are 
about average or less. I know lots of people who regularly get a Limiting 
magnitude in the neighborhood of 6.3 to 6.5. There are some people who 
routinely range between 6.5 and 7.2 from similar locations. The highest I've 
ever recorded was 6.3 or 6.4 I believe up in Sequoia National Park in 
California. Unless you have eye troubles, you should be able to see 6.0 stars 
relatively easy.
George Zay

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