NLC 2012-06-03/04

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: 2012-06-03/04

  UT   forms  bright   height   azimuth   comments
               ness   top bot  left rght  e.g. weather
-----  -----  ------  --- ---  ---- ----  --------------------------------
21:30  X                                  cloud
21:45  X                                  cloud
22:00  X                                  cloud
22:15  X                                  cloud
22:30  X                                  cloud
22:45  X                                  cloud
23:00  X                                  cloud
23:15  X                                  cloud
23:30  II         3    10   7   355   30
23:45  II         3    10   7   350  >30
00:00  II,III     3    10   7   350  >30
00:15  II,III     3    12   6   350  >30
00:30  I,III      3    13   5   335  >30
00:45  I,III      3    15   5   330  >30
01:00  II,III,IV  3    17   5   330  >30
01:15  I,III      3    15   5   345  >30
01:30  I          2    15   5   345   30
01:45  0
02:00  0
02:15  X                                  cloud
02:30  X                                  cloud
02:45  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: 2012/06/03-04
Start: 23:30
End: 01:30
Forms: I,II,III,IV
Max elevation: 17
Max brightness: 3
Comments:
<a href="http://www.chiandh.me.uk/p/NLC_2012-06-03/04">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)
----- ------ ----- ----- ----- -----  ----- ---------------------
23:30  5.000 350.3 -11.1  -2.7  17.9  0-255 q69848.jpg
23:45  8.000 353.9 -11.4  -2.8  15.6  0-255 q69853.jpg
00:00  8.000 357.4 -11.6  -2.9  14.5  0-255 q69858.jpg
00:15  8.000   0.9 -11.6  -3.0  14.3  0-255 q69863.jpg
00:30  8.000   4.5 -11.5  -2.9  15.0  0-255 q69868.jpg
00:45  6.000   8.0 -11.3  -2.8  16.7  0-255 q69873.jpg
01:00  5.000  11.5 -10.9  -2.5  20.0  0-255 q69877.jpg
01:15  3.200  15.0 -10.4  -2.2  26.5  0-255 q69881.jpg
01:30  2.000  18.5  -9.8  -1.8  41.8  0-255 q69884.jpg m69884.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).