NLC 2016-06-29/30

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: 2016-06-29/30

   UT     forms  bright   height   azimuth   comments
                  ness   top bot  left rght  e.g. weather
--------  -----  ------  --- ---  ---- ----  --------------------------------
21:45:01  X
22:00:04  X
22:15:01  X
22:30:06  X
22:45:02  X
23:00:18  0                                  cloud to h 5 or 10
23:15:19  0                                  cloud to h 5
23:30:32  0                                  cloud to h 5
23:45:32  0                                  cloud to h 5
00:00:32  0                                  cloud to h 5
00:15:32  0                                  cloud to h 5
00:30:32  0                                  cloud to h 5, high patches on left
00:45:32  X
01:00:32  X
01:15:19  X
01:30:19  X
01:45:09  X
02:00:07  X
02:15:06  X
02:30:01  X
02:45:05  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 absence of NLC are reported to the NLC Observers' Home Page:

Name: Horst Meyerdierks
Country: Scotland
Location: Edinburgh
Date: 2016/06/29-30
Start: 23:00
End: 00:30
Comments: some cloud

Images

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