Radiant (meteor shower) Radiant (meteor shower) The radiant or apparent radiant of a meteor shower is the celestial point in the sky from which (from the point of view of a terrestrial observer) the paths of meteors appear to originate. The Perseids, for example, are meteors which appear to come from a point within the constellation of Perseus. Meteor paths appear at random locations in the sky, but the apparent paths of two or more meteors from the same shower will converge at the radiant. The radiant is the vanishing point of the meteor paths, which are parallel lines in three-dimensional space, as
The Ideal City (painting) attributed tentatively to Francesco di Giorgio Martini and dated eventually as 1477. "The Ideal City" celebrates the values in a well-ordered society, architecture stands as a metaphor for good government. The illusion of space is achieved using a mathematical perspective system developed in Florence. The receding lines that establish spatial relationships converge at a central point, located in the middle of the city gate. In a scene from the 1995 thriller, "Twelve Monkeys", Bruce Willis' character looks at "The Ideal City" in the Walters Art Museum. "The Ideal City" is one of the paintings available to buy virtually inside the