Ronald A. McIntosh: pioneer Southern Hemisphere meteor observer
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Article Title | Ronald A. McIntosh: pioneer Southern Hemisphere meteor observer |
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ERA Journal ID | 30599 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Orchiston, Wayne (Author), Drummond, John (Author) and Luciuk, Michael (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage |
Journal Citation | 24 (3), pp. 789-817 |
Number of Pages | 29 |
Year | 2021 |
Place of Publication | Thailand |
ISSN | 1440-2807 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.rtu.edu.ph/card/volume-24/ |
Abstract | The Auckland amateur astronomer Ronald A. McIntosh was New Zealand’s premier meteor researcher from the mid-1920s through the mid-1940s and was a leading authority on Southern Hemisphere meteor showers. Using his own visual observations and those contributed by other members of the Meteor Section of the New Zealand Astronomical Society (later the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand) McIntosh was able to write a succession of research papers and reports on various aspects of meteor astronomy. Collectively, these made an important contribution to meteor science in the days before the advent of radar investigations of meteors. In this paper we review McIntosh’s meteor astronomy publications and then summarise the launch of New Zealand radar meteor astronomy immediately after World War II. |
Keywords | Ronald A. McIntosh, New Zealand, meteors, meteor showers, radiants, heights, velocities, paths |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510199. Astronomical sciences not elsewhere classified |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Astrophysics |
No affiliation |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q772q/ronald-a-mcintosh-pioneer-southern-hemisphere-meteor-observer
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