Cool Tvan! Thanks Jim!
Fortunately? My old man is an astronomy nerd :)! We have gotten up many a time at 2:30am to see meteor showers. This year's Perseid is supposed to be a "outburst" shower, so like up to 150-200/hour vs the 80/hour normally. To see anywhere close to that many per/hour, it needs to be DARK, and clear of clouds/smoke etc. I was out smoking last night, sitting near my bright porch light, so I could only see the brightest meteors. I only saw 5 in 2 hours, but they were blazin', long and bright! Also I was out there 10:30pm-12:30am, so the moon was still out, and the Perseid constellation (the general direction from which they enter our atmosphere) was still low on the NE horizon. 2:30-4:30am the moon will be down, and the "origin" of the meteors higher to the NNE. I've seen hundreds of meteors in my years, all 5 last night were pretty decent! So last night was the "peak", but they'll continue for a couple more days. Problem is the waxing moon is getting brighter and staying up later. Get out there tomorrow morning to watch earth's force field protect us from speeding space rocks! Of course, it's cool when a few get through on occasion, they make trippy collectibles for earthlings ??!