Meteors in annual showers have a radiant point, a point in the sky from which all the meteors appear to radiate, marked by an O in this image from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).Meteor showers have a radiant point| EarthSky
Larry Sessions has written many favorite posts in EarthSky's Tonight area. He's a former planetarium director in Little Rock, Fort Worth and Denver and an adjunct faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He's a longtime member of NASA's Solar System Ambassadors program. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including Space.com, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy and Rolling Stone. His small book on world star lore, Constellations, was published by Running Press.| earthsky.org
Don became interested in astronomy at age 8. He received his 1st telescope in 1965, a 2-inch (5cm) refractor. Later he received a 6-inch (15 cm) Criterion Dynascope and found all the Messier Objects in one year (1969-70). He began his 1st comet hunting program in 1975 and found his 1st comet in 1978, after 1700 hours of searching. His 2nd comet took an additional 1742 hours. He ultimately discovered a total of 12 comets, which bear his name. In 1978, Don was one of the independent inventors o...| earthsky.org
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Radu Anghel in Motoseni, Romania, wrote: “A bright Perseid meteor and a Polaris star trail from August 13, 2023. I set up the camera pointing at Polaris, and after that I just enjoyed the celestial show with family and friends until the morning.” Beautiful, Radu! Thank you.Don’t wait for it to set| EarthSky
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