A late report on the Perseides. I was with a group of scouts for four days on the Green River near the Wyoming – Colorado borders. After white water rafting, cliff jumping, fishing, swimming, and bouldering / rock-climbing, we laid out on the bank of the Green River to watch the meteor show. My experience resembled the Wolf Creek reports. At times there were several meteors per minute and other times there was a pause. Some meteors were bright and had green heads and looong trails and others were short and dim. The boys (16 – 18 years old) were thrilled. With my green laser pointer, which really got a response from the boys, I was able to point out some of the more familiar constellations. We could see the Andromeda Galaxy and the Double Cluster with the unaided eye (no surprise there). The views were even better through my 15X20 Galileo’s that was purched on a Chuck Hards Special parallelogram. M13, Albereo, M31, the Coat Hanger and other objects were veiws enjoyed by the boys. I don't know how late they stayed up, but I turned in about 11:30 to the sound of the boys ooohs and aaaahs. Jim --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out!