2009 Noctilucent Cloud Season

[jgs001]

I think I've just seen and imaged my first NLC's... I have to say they are rather eerie...

Are these NLC's ?

Best I could get from my garden




From the other side of the road though

[martinastro]

Yes!!!!, crackers too, congrats on the catch. I agree with you on the eerie description 

[John9929]

Yes John, and beautiful images they are to, congrats on your first of many!

[rjgjr]

Those are great shots John. I don't think I've ever seen any NLC's from my latitude, 42 degrees. Good job!

[markt]

Here's last nights selection, tropospherics were rolling in rapidly unfortunately drawing a halt to proceedings, still my first display of the season which i'm chuffed about!

























Images span from 22.00ut to 22.30ut (ish).  All images taken between 10-20mm fl.  

[Tyler]

John, those images with the NLC's above the fog are AMAZING!!! great work! glad you all have seen a nice display now

[jgs001]

Thanks for the comments and confirmation guys. Good set Mark, and everyone else..

[John9929]

Great set of images Mark, it lashed with rain here last night so nothing seen, it looked to be a good one as well. Thanks Tyler, and the amazing thing was I could see the colour reflected on the fog from the NLC's, bring on another one like that!

[martinastro]

Well done Mark on those NLC captures. That looks to have been a good display which must have covered a large area of sky. Great stuff! Nice long whirls and bands there.

Missed that one due to frontal system but there could be a chance of clear skies tonight..fingers crossed for more. I reckon there are going to be some awesome displays in the near future, possibly the best we have ever seen!

[Roman White]

Congratulations on a great display! and especially for those who have seen their first NLC! 

The NLC season in Ukraine is underway too. 
Next are a few reports, none of them are mine though... (All times are GMT+3)

Jun.14/15
21:45-22:15. Kharkov. Faint, types I,IIIa, alt.7-30^o
02:40. Kremenchuk (49N, 33.5E). Type I, IIIa, brightness 2. (Image, credit: A.Shchegelskii).
03:10. Alexandria (48.7N, 33.1E). Type I, III?
AM: on a way between Dnipropetrovsk & Cherkasy (48.5N,35E -- 49.5N,32E) . NLC, types not reported.

P.S. I will start with a regular watch in a few days.

[Roman White]

First NLC from Poltava this year! 

June 17/18, 22:10-23:25 (GMT+3).
Not much difference in structure but a bright display. Max brigtness 3, max altitude 10^o

time / alt / brightness / type
 22:10 0-10 (NLC? І,О ?) 
 22:20 0-10 2-3 I, IIa(?) 
 22:30 0-8 3 I, IIa(?) 
 22:40 0-6 3 I, IIa 
 22:50 0-6 2 I, IIa 
 23:00 0-4 1-2 I 
 23:10 3 1 I 
 23:25 slowly faded out

Have captured this image at 22:09 (unfortunately I had no better camera with me)

[martinastro]

Large NLC display reported from Lativa tonight

[brianb]

Martin, is there any information on how large NLCs actually are? I know they're visible over wide areas - a "point" cloud ~50 miles up should be visible in an area with a ~500 mile radius - but just wondering if a NLC is likely to be big enough to be visible from both Latvia and Ireland or whether it would be a completely seperate "system" that we see (if there is a display here tonight!)

[Paul]

The clouds are moving away here -as they move a huge and bright display is being revealed!

[John9929]

Very bright covering half the sky, good luck everyone!