I have just started hunting meteors and set up my camera overnight in night mode with long exposure and intervalometer for constant photo taking all night. Caught this fireball with smoke trail where the smoke trail showed up in multiple photos
Photo
Location
Address
Agawam, MA
Latitude
42° 2' 36.19'' N (42.043387°)
Longitude
72° 41' 6.72'' W (-72.685201°)
Elevation
59.810577m
Time and Duration
Local Date & Time
2024-12-31 01:24 EST
UT Date & Time
2024-12-31 06:24 UT
Duration
≈20s
Direction
Moving direction
From down to up
Descent Angle
-
Moving
Facing azimuth
-
First azimuth
359.04°
First elevation
55°
Last azimuth
359°
Last elevation
42°
Brightness and color
Stellar Magnitude
-5
Color
White
Concurrent Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Delayed Sound
Observation
Unknown
Remarks
-
Persistent train
Observation
Yes
Duration
90s
Length
-
Remarks
Smoke trail lasted a while (multiple 30 second long exposure photos) and I caught it all in photos/video. I didn’t visually observe, I set up camera taking constant 30 second night mode photos overnight and caught meteor and smoke trail
