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Re: [APML] Meteor Showers and Their Radiant

Hey Wade,

--- "Thomas W. Earle" <twade@bmi.net> wrote:
> around 3 AM.  Is it necessary for a meteor showers radiant to be
> above the horizon to see an associated meteor?  Logic would suggest
> the answer is NO since the meteor could stream westward from the
> radiant thereby becoming visible before the radiant rises.  Is this
> correct? 

Well, logic tells me to ask this question; how far away from the
radiant can you see meteors during the night? The answer is; you can
see them all over the sky. Unless I am badly mistaken (again), it will
not be necessary for the radiant to be above the horizon.

Alan


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