This depicts a view to the north at a very high northern latitude during the summer. The local time is after midnight, and the sun is just below the horizon, and will soon rise in the north northeast.
I had a similar view of the big dipper from Chicago’s latitude on Tuesday and Wednesday night, trying to observe some Perseids.
On Tuesday night ( 1 AM to 1:30AM Wednesday morning) I saw about 4 bright meteors radiating from the northeast, where Perseus was on the horizon. One very bright one streaked across half the sky in less than half a second ( The Perseids are famously fast. ) Another left a very brief sparkling trail.
Wednesday night I saw one bright one, and a number of strange ones, which I attributed to “head on” views, except it’s hard to believe they occurred three or four in a cluster over a few minutes. I was about to write them off as “unknowns” when I saw a very definite “head on” view which appeared as a miniature firework because it had sparkles. Of course very quick compared to a firework of any kind, and high in the sky just below Cassiopeia.
Thursday night I caught one bright one around 9 PM as the clouds were starting to move in, but there was still a large patch of clear sky with Cassiopeia and even Polaris visible for about half an hour. I thought I had a good enough view that I should have seen more if there was any kind of real peak happening.
The after midnight recommendation is overplayed. It’s not as though they suddenly start up then. The radiant, in Perseus, of course, is on the horizon by 10PM, and this actually favors the overhead view of long trails which will skim the upper atmosphere.
“Trust me I know what I’m doin’”