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Noctilucent Cloud Season 2010

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« Reply #45 on: June 10, 2010, 12:13:13 pm »

Nice one John. Glad you caught it too. First spotted at 00:45 but need that confirmed. Please excuse the rubbish pics, bad camera settings and broken tri-pod caused alot of shake and ruined most my images, not a happy bunny!



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« Reply #46 on: June 10, 2010, 02:04:53 pm »

Nice captures Connor  Cool
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« Reply #47 on: June 10, 2010, 02:19:47 pm »

Thanks all for the nice comments!

Nice images Conor, unfortunately for me that was the only hole in the cloud, there seemed to be more in the east than were you were, 40 miles made the difference!
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« Reply #48 on: June 10, 2010, 02:58:03 pm »

Confirming - saw our first NLC display last night from just after midnight (unsure of exact time of visual sighting) but very good structure was obvious with the naked eye by 00.21 BST. Display remained visible until 02.30 approx and was in the NW to NE sky 60 degrees long and 6-7 degrees high. Type 3 brightness with band and wave structure, glowing white-green colours were visible visually. The herringbone structure in the 10x50s was great. First images aren't great, but at least the wrinkles can be ironed out for when the big guys appear.







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« Reply #49 on: June 10, 2010, 03:23:51 pm »

Conner, one man's rubbish is another's treasure, especially when one's latitude doen't support NCS's, I'm just boo-hooing and envious! Great shots everyone. Martin, I'm having alot of problems with tinypics but it's the only one I know how to use with the forum. I'm sure there's something else out there? Anyone?
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« Reply #50 on: June 10, 2010, 03:49:20 pm »

Richard by far the easiest & most user-friendly has to be Photobucket. As you can see from the example in my link (this account is attached to another of my astro forums BTW), you can customise its appearance to a great degree and to post images here, simply copy the 'IMG Code' under the relevant thumbnail & then merely paste the code into your post here. There are simple editing facilities on Photobucket, should you require them, which include a resize option.

In all of the years that I've used PB, I can't recall a time when the site crashed or even had any sort of technical problem.

Highly recommended.
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« Reply #51 on: June 10, 2010, 05:14:48 pm »

Thanks for posting the photobucket link Andy, that's very helpful. Imageshack is another good host which places thumbnails in the forum body. I still prefer tinypic as the best, since I have been using it for years, however recently you have to type in two words of text so the image can be uploaded, and this has to be repeated every time you add another image, not to mention that on occasion one can't understand the letters in the first place which is very frustrating.

Richard, keep a close eye on your twilight sky by mid Summer, NLCs were captured from Nebraska last year so you never never know, it's possible a rare display could happen from your lat, and if anyone is up to the challenege it's you  Smiley. Depends on how this season shapes up, so far it's nothing compared to 2009 however they are unpredictable and there could be monster dispalys within a week.
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« Reply #52 on: June 10, 2010, 10:54:38 pm »

These are all superb photos, I can't why you're criticising your photos,Conor,they're excellent - how much better do you want them then ? Lol.

Overcast skies here and the same right now..11.00pm.
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« Reply #53 on: June 11, 2010, 01:37:44 am »

Thanks for the heads up on the other sites, I'll check them out.
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« Reply #54 on: June 11, 2010, 02:23:00 am »

These are all superb photos, I can't why you're criticising your photos,Conor,they're excellent - how much better do you want them then ? Lol.

Overcast skies here and the same right now..11.00pm.

thanks for comments Smiley I want the wow factor in my images not just plain shots showing nlc. Have a few tricks up my sleeve for this season, so watch this space  Wink
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« Reply #55 on: June 11, 2010, 11:11:05 pm »

Well done everyone on the NLC sightings and images, Conor wait for the big displays to arrive-stick a nice foreground in and im sure you'll come up with the goods!  I cant wait for the next clear night now for my first sighting. Smiley
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« Reply #56 on: June 12, 2010, 01:00:07 am »

NLCs being reported after midnight from the UK - be on the alert!
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« Reply #57 on: June 13, 2010, 02:20:04 am »

NLC season began in Ukraine!  Cheesy (...and I guess my photo will be the first confirmed NLC sighting from Ukraine)

On June 12/13 evening, near 23h EEST there were weak NLC in north, just below Capella, as seen from near Poltava. Also have been confirmed from Krasnograd. Detailed report to come.  Smiley
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« Reply #58 on: June 13, 2010, 02:31:50 am »

Well done Roman Congrats! Look forward to seeing your pics!
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« Reply #59 on: June 13, 2010, 05:25:08 pm »

Detailed report to come.

June 12/13, 22:40-23:05 EEST, observed from Stepne (near Poltava)

Azimuth 310-360*, max. altitude 07°, brightness 1, forms I, IIa
*north obstructed with trees up to 5-12°
Possibly arrived ~22:20, but very hard to identify
Haze <5°

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P.S. Negative observation at dawn (02:25-03:50 EEST)
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