NLC 2016-08-15/16

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: 2016-08-15/16

   UT     forms  bright   height   azimuth   comments
                  ness   top bot  left rght  e.g. weather
--------  -----  ------  --- ---  ---- ----  --------------------------------
20:15:00  X                                  cirrus and haze
20:30:01  X                                  cirrus and haze
20:45:06  X                                  cirrus and haze
21:00:10  X                                  cirrus and haze
21:15:33  X                                  cirrus and haze
21:30:53  X                                  cirrus and haze
21:45:47  X                                  cirrus and haze, smoke from Castle
22:00:47  X                                  cirrus and haze
22:16:24  X                                  cirrus and haze
22:31:24  X                                  cirrus and haze
22:46:24  X                                  cirrus and haze
02:01:24  0                                  UMa
02:16:24  0
02:31:25  0
02:46:24  0
03:00:47  0
03:15:32  0
03:30:18  0
03:45:06  0
04:00:05  0
04:15:01  0

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: 2016/08/15-16
Start: 02:20
End: 04:15
Comments: 

Images

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