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(meteorobs) Re: Radiant
Robert,
As stated in my latest outlook "The radiant location is at 03:04 (046)
+58 which places it on the Perseus/Cassiopeia border 5 degrees north of
3rd magnitude Gamma Persei". If we wish to get picky the radiant
actually lies just north of the border into Cassiopeia on the night of
maximum activity. A few days later it will pass in Camelopardalis. It
never lies within Cepheus. During 5 weeks of activity the radiant passes
from Andromeda to Cassiopeia to Perseus, again to Cassiopeia and finally
into Camelopardalis.
Clear Skies!
Bob Lunsford
Robert Gardner wrote:
>
> I was asked why the radiant of the Perseids is in the constellation of
> "Cepheus". Actually it is in the constellation of Cassiopeia. I notice
> that my pencil scratches in an old atlas places the radiant in
> Perseus. What is the correct answer?
>
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