Going back to your comment about the opening large picture of "meteors". Meteors don't radiate from a single point in the sky. They move in different directions.
This time-lapse photo seems to replicate the kind of sky I saw on the Big Island.
Going back to your comment about the opening large picture of "meteors". Meteors don't radiate from a single point in the sky. They move in different directions.
This time-lapse photo seems to replicate the kind of sky I saw on the Big Island.
ACtually, almost all meteors we can see come from a radiant point. There are usually several showers going on at the same time, so, you might get some from different directions, but, if you follow the direction it’s going back, you’ll find they come to a point.
I’ve never had much luck with the Perseids, but, the Geminids in December I have really enjoyed. One evening in my yard in Savannah, Ga. I got a surprise with a 5+ clump of meteors all coming in from the same point all at the same time. It was like a shower head. Then there was the 1998 and 1999 Leonids...
Meteors do in fact radiate from a single point if they are part of the same shower. The Perseids are called that because they appear to all radiate from the constellation Perseus. Since they are all leftover debris from the same comet who’s orbit intersects Earth’s on August 12 (and therefore poses a collision risk, albeit small considering the comet’s long orbital period), they all have the same approximate speed and direction.