Where did all the Perseids go? Perhaps Google stole them all!

The ongoing saga with the Perseids is an thorn in my side at the moment, on the third attempt last night my aunt acted as my observing partner as we sat outside on the veranda to see the shower. She managed to see one and after 50 or so minutes I was too tired too carry on straining my neck. You see the village here in Cyprus isn’t the best place to lay a rug down or sit on a deckchair for too long because you never know what you are going to get bitten by. I find it hard to believe that on another crystal clear night with a brilliant view of Jupiter majestically sharing its place in the sky close to the Moon that it was impossible to see som meteors!

So I will try again this evening, but I was curious to see what the Perseid count was by other observers and on opening Google to do a search and saw their logo for today. Perhaps its Google who have stole all of the Perseids! Good old Google for their fantastic logos and bringing Astronomy to the Public : )

Well apart from solar observing which I’ve not tried yet but might attempt tomorrow, there is not much I can do now so I’m off to make breakfast and prepare for heading to the beach at Limassol before heading back to catch up with more family after 14 years.

Google Perseids