I think I might acctually stay up for once to see tonights shower. I’m in Ottawa, Ontario (in Canada) (45:25:12N 75:40:12W) and I’m just wonder where my eyes should be looking (I’m not anywhere close to an astronomer). Can someone please point my head in the right direction 
Anywhere in the sky. The Perseid shower is so called because the meteors appear to fly from the constellation Perseus. However, it can appear anywhere in the sky with more or less equal probability. Just position your head to maximize the amount of night sky you can see at a time, which probably means lying down and looking straight up.
Try these websites:
Sky and Telescope:
http://skyandtelescope.com/aboutsky/pressreleases/article_680_1.asp
or Astronomy Magazine’s website at
http://www.astronomy.com/Content/Dynamic/Articles/000/000/000/961duqdq.asp
For general information about meteors and showers, go to Gary Kronk’s site:
scr4 is correct. Also (as you may have heard) after midnight is much better than before midnight. This is because after midnight, the Earth’s night side has turned to face the direction of orbit and is no longer “sheltered”.
Might??? Do it! At least once. I’ve seen it a couple of times, and it was worth losing a little sleep, for sure.
I won’t watch tonight, 'cause I’m getting too old for that kind of stuff. And I’ve seen it already. Well, I may get up a little early and watch.
It’s beautiful, and you can see that from whence you came.
Get out of the city, if you can. Check out TBA’s links first, so you’ll appreciate more what you’re seeing. And don’t use a telescope or anything.
Any mountaintops around 45:25:12N 75:40:12W? Go there, or on a vast flat plain with no big trees nearby. Just watch the sky, and you’ll see them.
Got a SO? Or a good friend? Share.
Did I say “beautiful”?
Re-post tomorrow, and tell me what you think.
Warning; If you happen to be a fundie christian, seeing this may shake your faith just a little.
Peace,
mangeorge
:mad: Eh, you’re out of line there, dude.
Many of us believe in God AND in meteors.
'Nuff said, as this ain’t the Pit.
Are you a fundie? 