"If you wish upon a star, doesn't matter who you are..."
But, if you want to see shooting stars (i.e. to wish upon),you may want to look to the north eastern sky tonight.
It is the peak night for the Perseid Meteor Shower viewing, as long as it is not cloudy where you are.
The best viewing time is 2 am until dawn, when you may see up to
100 shooting 'stars' or more per hour.
Even if you can't be awake that early in the morning, you can probably see a few
after midnight, or even a couple after 10 pm.
The Perseid Meteor Shower is the remnants of the Comet Swift-Tuttle.
This comet is the biggest thing that the earth comes close to.
But, it orbits the sun only once every 134 years. The next time will be the year 2126.
However, earth passes through the debris trail every year.
This year should be extra good viewing, because the moon will mostly be dark
(mostly in it's 'new' moon phase) as we pass through the debris trail.
If you don't want to stay up late to see it live and in person, you can see a time lapse filming of 2016's show below;
Get your many wishes ready;
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The forecast for the Miami area is mostly clear tonight.
to the front door, or wherever you heat up your morning coffee, etc...
oh well, I have to wait: for 2126. looking forward.
B - NO, you can try again tomorrow night. Otherwise, you can try next year.
The earth passes through the comet's debris trail EVERY year for several days.
The comet itself won't make it around this year or any year until 2126.
I found the big dipper and I noticed that the 2 furthest stars in the big dipper pot point toward the Perseid constellation, where the shooting stars are supposed to appear to originate from.
However, that entire part of the sky here is completely covered by white clouds.
So, I am headed to bed.
If I get up to pee early enough in the morning perhaps I'll venture out to see if the clouds moved
and if I see a 'shooting star', I'll wish that you all have a good night.
The sky had a haze probably from humidity, expected with 90% relative humidity.
Orion to the East, I only spotted less than 100 stars.
The time-lapse video you posted with 10,000 stars only happens in Hollywood movies.