NLC 2009-06-21/22
BAA report
The report to the BAA Aurora Section gives an overview of the night, which times were cloudy, free of NLC, or with sightings of NLC.
Name of observer: Horst Meyerdierks
Location: Royal Observatory Edinburgh, 55.9N 3.2W
unattended dSLR with limited field of view A ~325-35, h ~0-40
images every 5 min
Date: 2009-06-21/22
UT forms bright height azimuth comments
ness top bot left rght e.g. weather
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21:40 X cloud
21:45 X cloud
21:50 X cloud
21:55 X cloud
22:00 X cloud
22:05 X cloud
22:10 X cloud
22:15 X cloud
22:20 X cloud
22:25 X cloud
22:30 X cloud
22:35 X cloud
22:40 X cloud
22:45 X cloud
22:50 X cloud
22:55 X cloud
23:00 X cloud
23:05 X cloud
23:10 X cloud
23:15 X cloud
23:20 X cloud
23:25 X cloud
23:30 X cloud
23:35 X cloud
23:40 X cloud
23:45 X cloud
23:50 X cloud
23:55 X cloud
00:00 X cloud
00:05 X cloud
00:10 X cloud
00:15 X cloud
00:20 X cloud
00:25 X cloud
00:30 X cloud
00:35 NLC through small gap in cloud
00:40 NLC through small gaps in cloud
00:45 NLC through small gaps in cloud
00:50 X cloud
00:55 X cloud
01:00 X cloud
01:05 X cloud
01:10 X cloud
01:15 X cloud
01:20 X cloud
01:25 X cloud
01:30 X cloud
01:35 X cloud
01:40 X cloud
01:45 X cloud
01:50 X cloud
01:55 X cloud
02:00 X cloud
02:05 X cloud
02:10 X cloud
02:15 X cloud
02:20 X cloud
02:25 X cloud
02:30 X cloud
02:35 X cloud
02:40 X cloud
02:45 X cloud
02:50 X cloud
forms: I: veil
II: bands
III: waves
IV: whirls
NLC: other than or multiple of I-IV
0: no NLC
X: no decision possible (mist, cloud etc.)
brightness: 1: very weak
2: clearly detected
3: clearly visible
4: very bright
5: extremely bright
NLCnet report
The periods of positive sightings of NLC are reported to the NLC Observers' Home Page:
Name: Horst Meyerdierks
Country: Scotland
Location: Edinburgh
Date: 2009/06/21-22
Start: 00:35
End: 00:45
Forms: NLC
Max elevation:
Max brightness:
Comments:
Cloud gap only.
<a href="http://www.chiandh.me.uk/p/NLC_2009-06-21/22>Images</a>.
forms: I: veil
II: bands
III: waves
IV: whirls
O: other than or multiple of I-IV
brightness: 1: very weak
2: clearly detected
3: clearly visible
4: very bright
5: extremely bright
Images
Listed below are the images with positive sightings of NLC. These have been processed merely to adjust the brightness for underexposure. For some, there may also be an unsharp-masked version of the image.
UT exp A hSun h15 h85 stretch image ----- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----------- 00:35 8.000 4.7 -10.5 -2.3 25.3 0-255 q3197.jpg 00:40 8.000 5.9 -10.5 -2.2 26.3 0-255 q3201.jpg 00:45 8.000 7.1 -10.4 -2.2 27.7 0-255 q3205.jpg exp: Exposure time in seconds (200 ISO, f/3.5). A: Azimuth of the Sun (degrees). hSun: Altitude of the Sun (degrees, negative below horizon). h15: Max. altitude of sunlight at 15 km height (degrees). h85: Max. altitude of sunlight at 85 km height (degrees). stretch: Contrast stretch (0-255 means no stretch).
