Sunday, August 12, 2007

One shooting star

Yesterday night, I had a couple stargazing sessions of about thirty minutes each. Without being in a prime location, luckily, I saw ONE shooting star at about 3:43am. It came from Perseus and disappeared halfway in its direction to Taurus’ Aldebaran. Unlike the characteristic amber-tone of this shower, this meteor displayed a rather silverish trail.

Very few nights are as clear as yesterday was here in Seattle. I was in awe contemplating long-seen constellations. I even spotted super-bright-red Mars just above the Pleiads —or so I thought it was Mars. I miss so much my stargazing nights back home…

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