I made many exposures between 00.30 and 03.00 - but not a single meteor showed up in my longtime exposure images. I find that very strange, given that the Perseids usually show up during almost a month, peaking in the night of 12-13 August this year.

So, the nights around 10-14 August should show plenty of meteors - and yet not a single one showed up during 2.5 hours of exposures. The lens was bright with an aperture of ƒ1.7...

What happened ? Why did no one show up ?

Why is that ?!

After midnight 12-13 Aug

Sal came with the suggestion that we go out to the near by "Perssons Betong" - which is a place surrounding with high trees on each side (like a forest glade), and watch the Perseid meteor shower - together with some beers. Gosh, its been a while i had a beer.

Ever since I got totally drunk, almost instantly from one moment to the next - as if somebody snapped with the finger - while i was on the subway on my way into the city. Boy did i feel bad. I have not touched anything since September 2025 and just hated the taste of anything. In particularly for wine I have developed a sort of anti-feeling. *hurrrk*

One year later - it would be a nice with a beer, watching the meteor shower. Well, if there will be anything to watch...

 

If the sky remains clear...

which isn't certain, given that a warm front is about to pulling up over Scandinavia. The question is, if the warmfront moves in a more northerly path, or if its clouds come in a more straight path; from the west going towards east (i.o. Stockholm).

The same question arises for the partial eclipse this evening... If there are dense clouds in the distance (say 150 km) towards W-NW... it could already affect the very low standing eclipse (5 degrees above horizon), potentially turning it invisible.

An eclipse higher up in the sky would make clouds at 150-200 km distance less of a problem.