Talk:Radiant (meteor shower)

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[edit] TODO

Items that I think should be added, but I did not follow up on when creating the page:

• Measurement - Typical ways in which the radiant is measured in both astronomical and general public publications.
• Examples - A section with examples of the radiants of the largest showers would be nice.
• Diagram - If there's a good, PD or otherwise usable diagram out there that shows the radiant of a shower, that would be great. I'll search for this later.

Anything else anyone thinks should be expanded? -Harmil 15:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No good pictures

Strike that theory that I'd find a good PD picture. There's nothing that I can find that has the properties of being PD or otherwise free and would actually make a good illustration for the concept. There are plenty of NASA drawings that show where a radiant is for a given shower, but that's not going to illustrate the idea that meteors can be anywhere, they just have to "point to" the radiant. And, none of the actual sky shots that I can find are all that good when scaled down.

I'm going to see if I can get a good image this weekend, and if I can, I'll upload it under an appropriate license. -Harmil 20:40, 8 August 2006 (UTC)