Northern Taurid radiant information version 0.14.3

[Alexander Wolf]

Anonymous report on SF: https://sourceforge.net/p/stellarium/discussion/278769/thread/0942dc37/

Just a very minor observation. In Version 0.14.3 the information regarding the parent body of the Northern Taurids is incorrect. It states that C/1917 F1 (Mellish) is the parent comet, when it should be the same as the Southern Taurids, namely 2P/Encke.

Of course, it is probably more accurate to say that both Encke and the Taurids are part of the Taurid complex, as it is strongly suspected that Encke and the Taurid meteors are remnants of a hierarchal break up of a larger progenitor some time in the distant past. However, I think it is sufficient to associate the Taurid meteor showers with Encke for the purposes of stellarium.

And a suggestion for a distant future version of Stellarium. It would be icing on the cake if you could include the nodal precession of meteor streams with time. Currently precession of the equinoxes moves the radiant in time, but the nodal precession would shift its radiant with respect to the background stars and time. A mammoth task, and one to possibly consider when all the more important stuff gets done first. Heres hoping to see a Version 1.X.X implimented. Keep up the good work.

[Alexander Wolf (alexwolf)]

First point (parent body is 2P/Encke) has been confirmed and fixed in revision 8527.