Perseid Meteor Shower Tonight! By Gray Rinehart | August 11, 2008 - 8:17 pm |February 14, 2013 Space The annual Perseid meteor shower, so-called because the meteors generally appear to fall out of the constellation Perseus, peaks tonight … i.e., in the early hours tomorrow morning. I hope the skies are clear. More info here and here. by Tagged meteor. Bookmark the permalink.