Last night I woke at midnight for an hour or so of viewing of the "Best" meteor shower of the summer (year too?). Nice evening. Slight breeze kept the micro-vampires at bay. Warm enough that barefoot with shorts and a tee-shirt was plenty. Put my chair in the yard and let the cool grass work between my toes. Man, what a perfect night! I set up my clipboard to record what I see (working on my Astonomical League certification). I'm ready to go. I start by looking towards Cass, no obstructed view at all. Then I notice I'm not alone tonight. I'm being visited by an old friend. To keep it ambiguous, lets just call her "Luna" (and no, she wasn't in Harry Potter). I really need to tell her to get a tan, she's so pale white. She shines in the night, making it difficult to see much. About 15 minutes looking up at Cass and I've seen a bat and a few planes running the redeye. I decide that rude as it may be, I turn my back on Luna. Now I'm looking towards Hercules. Within minutes I see my first meteor. I'm excited. After about 18 minutes of viewing I finally see my first of the 60-200 meteor-per-hour show. I'm giddy with excitement. Then the doledrums. Nothing happens. I wait, and wait, and wait. I look at my watch. Yep, right night and right time. I rub my eyes to see if something is wrong with them, hey it could happen. Nope, everything checks out. What is going on? Maybe I'm looking too far from Pers? So I lay on my back up at Cyg. Now and then I see a meteor. At the end of an hour, I have logged 7. Did I miss the boat? Maybe I was sucked into a blackhole in meteor viewing? What gives? So, now I wanted to find out from more veteran astronomers than I (that leaves all by my 3 year old): what happened? I'm assuming the moon was the biggest problem? Will the shower be productive tonight? I'm feeling very underwhelmed. Thanks Mitaccio _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackT...