NLC 2010-05-27/28

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: Stichill Eastfield, 55.7N 2.4W
          unattended dSLR with limited field of view A ~310-20, h ~0-40
          images every 15 min
Date: 2010-05-27/28

  UT   forms  bright   height   azimuth   comments
               ness   top bot  left rght  e.g. weather
-----  -----  ------  --- ---  ---- ----  --------------------------------
21:15  X                                  overcast
21:30  X                                  overcast
21:45  X                                  overcast
22:00  X                                  overcast
22:15  X                                  almost overcast
22:30  X                                  cloud patches all over
22:45  X                                  almost overcast
23:00  X                                  overcast
23:15  X                                  almost overcast
23:30  X                                  cloud to h 30
23:45  X                                  cloud to h 20
00:00  X                                  NLC sector obscured by cloud
00:15  X                                  NLC sector obscured by cloud
00:30  X                                  cloud patches all over
00:45  X                                  NLC sector only partially clear
01:00  X                                  NLC sector only partially clear
01:15  X                                  NLC sector only partially clear
01:30  X                                  cloud patches all over
01:45  X                                  cloud patches all over
02:00  0                                  cloud to h 5
02:15  0                                  cloud to h 5
02:30  0                                  cloud to h 5
02:45  0                                  cloud to h 5, some patches to h 15
03:00  0                                  cloud to h 15, higher on left

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 main periods of absence of NLC are reported to the NLC Observers' Home Page:

Name: Horst Meyerdierks
Country: Scotland
Location: Stichill
Date: 2010/05/27-28
Start: 02:00
End: 03:00
Comments:

Images

No NLC has been observed, hence no images are made available here.