Leonid fireball of November 18/19, 2002 AD

The photo was taken from the roof at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I used my Soviet Zenit-B camera with a 50mm f/1.7 lens and Kodak Gold 400 ASA film. The -6 fireball occured about 1020 UT near Orion in the southwest just as twilight was begining in the east. The Moon was still above the horizion and to the right of the area, but was covered by clouds. As I started the exposure I was distracted by another Leonid and lost count on the exposure time, which was past 40 seconds. The fireball left a 1 second trail and produced a slight terminal burst at the end. I was lucky, after the film was developed I noticed that it was on my last frame!