NLC 2011-07-14/15

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 15 min
Date: 2011-07-14/15

  UT   forms  bright   height   azimuth   comments
               ness   top bot  left rght  e.g. weather
-----  -----  ------  --- ---  ---- ----  --------------------------------
21:30  0                                  cloud to h 15
21:45  X
22:00  X
22:15  NLC?        1                      through cloud
22:30  X
22:45  X
23:00  X
23:15  NLC?        1                      through cloud
23:30  X
23:45  X
00:00  II          1                      through cloud
00:15  NLC         1                      through cloud
00:30  X
00:45  NLC         1                      through cloud
01:00  NLC         2                      through cloud
01:15  NLC         2                      through cloud
01:30  X
01:45  X
02:00  X
02:15  X
02:30  X
02:45  X
03:00  X

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: 2011/07/14-15
Start: 00:00
End: 01:15
Forms: NLC
Max elevation: 
Max brightness: 2
Comments:
Through cloud. <a href="http://www.chiandh.me.uk/p/NLC_2011-07-14/15">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      (masked)
----- ------ ----- ----- ----- -----  ----- ---------------------
22:15  0.500 331.2  -8.1  -0.5 142.0  0-255 q15769.jpg m15769.jpg
23:15  3.200 344.9 -11.3  -2.8  16.6  0-255 q15782.jpg m15782.jpg
00:00  8.000 355.6 -12.4  -3.4  10.6  0-255 q15799.jpg m15799.jpg
00:15  8.000 359.1 -12.5  -3.5  10.2  0-255 q15805.jpg m15805.jpg
00:45  4.000   6.3 -12.3  -3.4  11.0  0-255 q15816.jpg m15816.jpg
01:00  2.500   9.8 -12.0  -3.2  12.3  0-255 q15821.jpg m15821.jpg
01:15  2.000  13.4 -11.6  -2.9  14.7  0-255 q15826.jpg m15826.jpg

exp: Exposure time in seconds (400 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).