As posted in this blog post that you commented in, meteor showers are best viewed from midnight until dawn when the skies are darkest.

You can also check the “Meteor Shower Viewing” tips page on this site located in the upper right. I usually post a list of the meteor showers at the beginning of each month for that month so check the site the first week of the corresponding month.

In July there are two active meteor showers that may or may not produce much activity until the end of the month.

Meteor shower viewing still remains one of the most unpredictable events in astronomy.

- Meteor Mark

It can be North, East, West or South for any meteor shower. Please read the posts about the Leonids, their radiant (click for radiant definition) is in the Constellation Leo, if you need help finding Leo, look at this post – Leonids Meteor Shower of 2008 News Flash and view the other posts on the site by using the search feature in the upper right hand corner of your page, the location of Leo in your morning sky varies by location of where you are in the world.

-Meteor Mark

We can conclude that mostly any meteor shower is commonly best seen after midnight anywhere in the world.

Keep your head up,

- Meteor Mark

Thanks for the comment. I really had a hard time expressing myself with that one. Let me try to clarify with a diagram I made.

The Earth in Viewing Location A will be turning away from the path of the meteoroids, whereas in Viewing Location B the Earth will be turning into the stream of meteoroids.

So in Viewing Location A the meteors would be “chasing the rotation of the Earth”

Meteors entering the atmosphere in Location B will be faster and brighter.

Hope this helps,

Meteor Mark

Can you clarify this point?

-Roger
Santa Cruz, Calif.

“On the contrary, a viewer will see the opposite effect before midnight as the Earth is turning away from the meteoroids, as they will have to chase a viewing location for one to view them.”