Anyone who is interested - don't forget the Perseids meteor shower, which peaks on Wednesday (12th Aug)
Zenithal Hourly Rate (ZHR) can be as high as 100 - but because peak time falls at mid-afternoon here in UK, by the time it gets dark, ZHR is likely to have faded off to around 60.
Also - as it rises towards peak rate, it may be as high as 40, on the night of the 11th/morning of the 12th.
As the name suggests, Perseid meteors emanate from the region of the constellation Perseus.
Just as it gets dark, Perseus is low-ish to the North/North-East - and slowly tracks to a point high in the East by about 4am
To find Perseus - look high to the North/East for Cassiopeia - a prominent 'W' shape of stars.
From the left 'V' of that 'W', look away from Cassiopeia, for two fairly prominent 'wonky' lines of stars, coming to a point - That is Perseus
'Finder' pic
Look for Perseids in the areas of the arrows, or even further away from Pereus - Any 'streaker' headed away from Persues, is almost certainly a Perseid
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As always with meteor showers - you won't see many by looking directly AT the radiant (Perseus) - always best to look about 30° to one side or the other, and more are visible at higher elevations.
So - for example - when Pereus is roughly North-East (midnight-ish) - you'll see most meteors by concentrating your gaze either high to the North, or East, or directly overhead, away from Perseus itself.
The Moon doesn't exactly play-ball this year though - It'll be a little over half-illuminated on the night f the 12th, and will climb higher as the night goes on, washing out the sky somewhat, and making the fainter meteors harder to spot.
Watching sooner after first dark, will probably yield higher numbers of meteors.
**note
You may also see a meteor or two headed away from a point to the South/South-east - These may be either Aquarids, or Capricornids, which are also active around this time of year, but have a much lower ZHR then the Perseids.
You may also see the occasional 'sporadic', which could be anywhere, and headed in any direction.