Astral // Personal

I remember when I was a kid, my dad took me to watch a meteor shower somewhere outside Bogota. I can’t remember seeing any meteors but something that always stays in mind are the thousands of stars that are visible when you drive away from a huge metropolis.
A few weeks back we had what was supposed to be a big one, one for the records. It was called Perseids and we went out to the Rothney Observatory to watch it. 3 hours later I caught one with my camera, I guess just pointing at the right part of the sky at the right time.
I was clever enough to leave my house with shorts and a t-shirt without realizing that in this almost Nordic place of the earth the temperature drops quite drastically at night. It was just my luck that one of the astrophysicist that run the place, had a big winter coat that I was able to use and be more confortable than having taken one of my own.

The observatory held an open house last week but unfortunately I was not able to attend. Its located fairly close to the city and they host a variety of events well worth checking out.