Catch a Shooting Star

We spent a pleasant evening on Sunday at my brother's house as it was my mum's birthday. They had lit a fire in a burner outside and we all stood round hoping to see shooting stars as it had been forecasted to be a wonderful meteor shower that night starting at around 11pm. By about 11.45ish I had seen about 6 or 7 meteors; a couple of them really good ones with long golden tails. They go in such a flash though. I thought there would be more of them together but we had to go in the end and my neck was aching that much I couldn't take any more. Great stuff though. And it was fun looking through the binoculars and seeing how many more stars are viewable even with the tiniest amount of magnification.