9 women gathered at Rooster Rock State Park, at my initiative, to see the meteor shower. OMSI is hosting a star watch party, with telescopes and talks tonight for the best chance of this year's Perseid. No moon. But the city light pollution is significant. Lots of cars coming and going, casting bright head beams. Beautiful setting by the river. But probably better in the less popular Stub Steward State Park. The very first tonight was at 9:37. It's the best. So bright that its tail was visible for a good minute. The sky wasn't even dark yet. You can see milky way after 10pm. We saw maybe a dozen shooting stars, during the 2+ hours there. Way below expectation. But the night breeze is nice, everyone brought food to share. A pleasant picnic under the stars. When we left around 11pm, a long line of cars were coming in: would be better after midnight. But I had to catch the last train (11:40) to go home. Got back home at 1am.
Tomorrow, I need to catch a train at 5am!
