[dr_lew]

I sat outside for four or five hours over two nights and saw four or five meteors. Of course, I had fairly bright skies in the “western ‘burbs” of Chicago, so I wouldn’t have seen most of the tracks in this composite. I did see one that had a “bulb” to it, like the one near the middle of the APOD. It wouldn’t have been this same one, though, because we are “180 degrees out of phase” with China. It’s all very mind expanding.

[dr_lew]

Here's a mark-up showing Cassiopeia and Polaris, near center. I was observing mostly to the upper right of Cassiopeia, out of frame in this picture, although I did get this view of the sky shortly after midnight. Since this composite spans several hours, we can't take the frame of the picture to represent a single horizontal view.

[hoosierham]

The peak nights were cloudy here but I saw a few during a midnight watch on days before and after the peak times .Say five meteors in two hours outside that were spent mostly observing stars to the south south.