Mark,
Being new to this, I found most of the information in this post,
unfathomable. Can you direct me to material that would help be better
understand. What is a radiant? How does one use all that information about
ascension and declination and so on to figure out where things are in the
sky? How does one go about plotting the meteors that one spots? How does
one know what the hell questions to ask so they can gather information that
might be useful to someone? Sorry, my frustration was beginning to show. If
the weather clears in Western New York, I plan to be outside, looking up for
the next seven days (the duration of my vacation) and would like to be able
to gather useful information. I only wish that I could have had my interest
sparked a little sooner, so that I could have learned, at least, some of the
things I need to know while it was still too cold to spend any time outside.
Oh well, any help you or anyone else may be willing to give would be greatly
appreciated.
Bob M.