NLC 2019-07-22/23
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 compact camera with limited field of view
A ~325-35, h ~0-40; images every 15 min
Date: 2019-07-22/23
UT forms bright height azimuth comments
ness top bot left rght e.g. weather
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21:15:04 0 haze and cloud to h 5
21:30:05 0 haze and cloud to h 5
21:45:06 0 haze and cloud to h 5
22:00:08 X out of focus
22:15:18 II 1 30 haze and cloud to h 5
22:30:32 III 1 30 haze and cloud to h 5
22:45:32 II 1 25 haze and cloud to h 5
23:01:30 X haze and cloud to h 10
23:16:25 X haze and cloud to h 10
23:31:24 X haze and cloud to h 10
23:46:24 X patchy cloud
00:01:24 X patchy cloud
00:16:24 X haze and cloud to h 10
00:31:23 X haze and cloud to h 10
00:46:24 X haze and cloud to h 10
01:01:24 X haze and cloud to h 10
01:16:24 X haze and cloud to h 5
01:31:24 X haze and cloud to h 5
01:45:52 X thin haze to h 20
02:00:32 X thin haze to h 20
02:15:20 0 haze and cloud to h 5
02:30:09 0 haze and cloud to h 5
02:45:01 0 haze and cloud to h 5
03:00:06 0 haze and cloud to h 5
03:15:05 0 haze and cloud to h 5
03:30:04 0 haze and cloud to h 5
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: 2019-07-22/23
Start: 22:15
End: 22:45
Forms: II,III
Max elevation: 30
Max brightness: 1
Comments: haze and cloud below to h 5
http://www.chiandh.eu/nlccam/20190722-23.html
forms: I: veil
II: bands
III: waves
IV: whirls
NLC: 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) -------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ------------------- 22:15:18 4.000 330.6 -9.5 -1.5 59.6 0-255 q0418.jpg m0418.jpg 22:30:32 8.000 334.1 -10.5 -2.2 26.3 0-255 q0422.jpg m0422.jpg 22:45:32 8.000 337.6 -11.3 -2.8 16.4 0-255 q0426.jpg m0426.jpg exp: Exposure time in seconds (200 ISO, f/2.8). 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).
