It's 10 pm over here right now...How do I locate the Perseid constellation for tonight's meteor shower?If you can see the "W" of Cassiopeia, then Perseus is directly under it, in the North East.
It will look like a "stick-figure" of a man.
You may begin looking around midnight local (or even a bit before).
The meteors will NOT appear inside the constellation. They may appear anywhere in the sky (and the best ones are the ones which appear overhead). They are called the Perseids because the "radiant" comes from Perseus.
If you could plot each meteor on a map, then if you were to draw a line towards the direction from which they seemed to come, all these lines would meet inside the constellation Perseus.
So, watch the whole sky, not just the constellation.How do I locate the Perseid constellation for tonight's meteor shower?Though the meteors in the Perseid shower appear to come from Perseus, you don't need to be able to see the constellation to see the meteors. The meteors can be seen all over the sky. All of their trails will point back to and seem to come from the constellation Perseus. After you see several dozen meteors, you should have a good idea where they appear to come from and that is the general location of the constellation Perseus.
If you can find the Big Dipper in Ursa Major (in the northwest sky), draw a line from the bottom left star in the bowl of the dipper through the top right star of the bowl and extend that line toward the northeast horizon. It will point to the constellation of Perseus.How do I locate the Perseid constellation for tonight's meteor shower?At 10:00 PM your time, Perseus is just rising to the north-northeast. It won't really be high enough to watch the meteor shower until about 4:00 AM your time.
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