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Meteor shower
Meteors streaking away from a radiant, on a repeatable schedule with a rate per hour you can animate.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| az | number | 180 | 0 to 360 deg | compass direction of the radiant, where the meteors seem to come from |
| alt | number | 55 | 0 to 90 deg | height of the radiant above the horizon |
| rate (Can change over time) | number | 300 | 0 to 100000 per hour | meteors an hour over the whole sky; a storm is thousands, a film often wants more than the real rateCan change over time |
| magnitude (Can change over time) | number | -1 | -26 to 6 | apparent magnitude of the brightest meteors (the rest are fainter): 0 bright star, -4 Venus, -12.7 full MoonCan change over time |
| tailLength (Can change over time) | number | 14 | 1 to 90 deg | how far a meteor runs far from the radiant; near it they are shorterCan change over time |
| duration | number | 0.6 | 0.15 to 1.5 s | how long a meteor takes to cross the sky |
| spread | number | 70 | 10 to 90 deg | how far from the radiant meteors may start |
| width | number | 0.05 | 0.01 to 0.5 deg | how thin a streak is; never under about a pixel |
| colour | color | #fff1dc | – | the usual colour of a meteor |
| variety | number | 0.4 | 0 to 1 | how many meteors are tinted green or orange instead |
| seed | integer | 3 | 0 to 999 | changes which meteors fall when |
Use it in a film
film.js
elements: { 'meteor-shower': { az: 180, alt: 55 } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.