Which direction will the meteor shower be shooting tonight?
Look in the northeast. In North America, the best time to watch will be between midnight to 5 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, but late Tuesday night and also Wednesday night could prove fruitful, weather permitting. I have many times sat out and watched during the peak of a meteor shower and not seen any. You have to be patient and keep watching. The Perseids are always reliable, and sometimes rather spectacular. The only things that puts a damper on the August show are bad weather or bright moonlight. Unfortunately this week, as the Perseids reach their peak Tuesday and Wednesday nights, the moon will be high in the sky, outshining the fainter meteors. The Perseids appear to emanate from the constellation Perseus, in the northeast, which rises high in the sky around midnight and is nearly overhead by dawn. Like most meteor showers, the hours between midnight and daybreak are typically the best time to watch, because that’s when the side of Earth you are on is rotating into the direction o
