I was telling some people at the Taylorsville lake to keep their eyes on the skies because of the active meteor showers. I went to the porter potty (lol) and when I came out the smoke trail was there and I had missed the actual fireball. I had been looking in that direction just moments before and there was no possibility of it being from a fire... firework... or cloud. It was definitely a smoke trail from a fireball. I have many many years looking up and am lucky enough to have pretty dark skies where I am located. It lingered for quite some time. It occurred right before moonrise and was up and to the left from where the moon was coming up.
Photo
Location
Address
Mount Eden, KY
Latitude
37° 58' 25.35'' N (37.973709°)
Longitude
85° 9' 28.39'' W (-85.157886°)
Elevation
168.927505m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2020-08-05 22:30 EDT
UT Date & Time
2020-08-06 02:30 UT
Duration
>60s
Direction
Moving direction
From up left to down right
Descent Angle
163°
Moving
Facing azimuth
98.66°
First azimuth
97.75°
First elevation
45°
Last azimuth
102.28°
Last elevation
32°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-4
Color
Blue,
Concurrent Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
No
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
99.99s
Length
15°
Remarks
It stayed in the sky for about 5 mins. It was a smoke trail as seen in the picture. It was wider and corkscrewed at the top and then became straight and narrower as it went on.
