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rest of the night just as the showers radiant and Perseus is climbing higher in the sky. Actually tonight the moon is rising about 945 pm so it's going to be up all night. But all is not lost. The Perseid meteor shower carries some of the brightest meteors but your hallway is invisible even with moonlight. You can improve the visibility of fainter meteors by traveling to higher altitudes above 5000 feet. A thinner atmosphere reduces the scattered light of the moon rendering the light darker. Even so observed rates this year will be well below the advertised peak. Set your expectations at a dozen per hour. For those of us who are in Denver we've got a lot of scattered light due to the smoke that's in our atmosphere. Even though we're sitting at a mile high well above the 5000 foot mark there. But with all the light pollution and the smoke I'm not expecting to see too much. The Perseids are active from July 17th through August 24th. The earlier The earlier Perseids occurs under a dark moon on August 1st for example. The first quarter moon sets around midnight.