Noctilucent Cloud season 2021

[mushymanrob]

Huge display in Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, so Northern UK should be in line... whether we will see anything remains to be seen but should be resolved in the next hour

 

[Arnie Pie]

6 hours ago, mushymanrob said:

Im like that with the aurora, if you cant see it properly with the naked eye then it hardly counts..

Its on my bucket list to see and photograph the aurora Rob.....It will most likely be clouded out when we get the alert

[Arnie Pie]

8 minutes ago, mushymanrob said:

Huge display in Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, so Northern UK should be in line... whether we will see anything remains to be seen but should be resolved in the next hour

 

certainly got clear skies to the North atm (no thunder storms blocking our view)

First twilight is almost upon us......

[Arnie Pie]

Over Norway atm....not to far away.....bang goes my early night

[Raindrops]

Up at Dublin Airport *waiting *

Nothing as of yet. 

[mushymanrob]

I got too much smog and high cloud so if anything was there, below capellas hight, then it would be obscured anyway. 

[Raindrops]

Complete darkness here, calling it a night, but with no fail, got some pics of the moon, moths, butterflies. 

I'm not staying up all night, unfortunately. 

Better luck next time. 

[Arnie Pie]

14 minutes ago, mushymanrob said:

I got too much smog and high cloud so if anything was there, below capellas hight, then it would be obscured anyway. 

Capella's at 10° and rising atm.....I`ve got a nice little gap between it and the smut level

I'm already thinking it will be a 2nd half display 

 

[mushymanrob]

10 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Capella's at 10° and rising atm.....I`ve got a nice little gap between it and the smut level

I'm already thinking it will be a 2nd half display 

 

Yes i thought that too, but im not stopping up.. 

[Rush2019]

6 hours ago, mushymanrob said:

Yes i thought that too, but im not stopping up.. 

Didn't stop up either, however I did wake up at 2.50am and looked out a few times before nodding back off around quarter to 4.  Though bog eyed nothing was visibly obvious.  Was there a pre-dawn show?  Aspect from my bedroom window is limited, don't see low enough towards the horizon.

[Raindrops]

I have a friend who lives in Finland, she will be sending me photos via email soon in turn I will share here. 

Checkout spaceweather.com to see stunning pictures from Poland. 

 

[mushymanrob]

ive seen 1 pic from alvechurch from this morning witha very low but bright display...

[mushymanrob]

ive given up.... unless there are reports of a decent display at lower latitudes its over for me

[DanN]

Yea I'm also calling it quits for the year (I will stay subscribed to the thread - just in case!)...thanks everyone for the pics and the updates 

Edited July 21, 2021 by DanN

[Cheshire Freeze]

Yeah it's late in the season now. Another week and it'll be done even for more northern parts.

[Arnie Pie]

On 21/07/2021 at 06:23, Rush2112 said:

Though bog eyed nothing was visibly obvious.  Was there a pre-dawn show? 

Waited up till just before 4am, which was well into the pre-dawn twilight and can confirm that through my bog eyes and camera lens there was no display up till then...which to be honest I was half hoping for, due to the proximity and latitude of the display over Europe.....just another really close miss

This was on my mind when I viewed the Aim released that night for the 18th .... to which we`ve seen this formation quite a few time this year and keeps on giving Russia and Eastern Europe some spectacular displays ,, but seldom make it around to our twilight times

Just another close miss

 

[Arnie Pie]

23 hours ago, mushymanrob said:

ive seen 1 pic from alvechurch from this morning witha very low but bright display...

Glad you told me Rob ....just had a look at that photo and it stirred a blurry memory

I saw that structure and thought it was some of the cloud left over from the previous days storms. It was way out to the SSE

I took a photo but never processed straight away....until now...Cheers Rob

 

[mushymanrob]

Viewing previous years, theres a familiar pattern.

By mid July the evening displays for most of England have all but gone, but morning displays are still seen, and there are dramatic sightings over Northern Europe.

[Arnie Pie]

15 hours ago, DanN said:

Yea I'm also calling it quits for the year (I will stay subscribed to the thread - just in case!)...thanks everyone for the pics and the updates 

14 hours ago, CreweCold said:

Yeah it's late in the season now. Another week and it'll be done even for more northern parts.

1 hour ago, mushymanrob said:

and there are dramatic sightings over Northern Europe.

 

Which is what we could expect if only the roulette wheel of NLC`s falls kindly and puts one of these tentacles from the mass over us post Sunset

last seasons viewing in England finished in the first week of August, which was the latest on record

There`s an interesting article on the Spaceweather site, which will  keep me observant for another couple of weeks and will update on any developments

"NOCTILUCENT CLOUD UPDATE: Noctilucent cloud (NLC) season is now 8 weeks old. This animation from NASA's AIM spacecraft shows everything that has happened since the first clouds appeared in late May:"

The last frame says it all: Noctilucent clouds are still bright and abundant. In fact, at the highest latitudes they are setting records.

"We're seeing more clouds at 80°N than in any other year since AIM was launched," says Cora Randall of the University of Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Research. "Cloud frequencies at 80°N are around 85%, whereas it's more typical to see frequencies of about 75%." ('Frequencies' are a measure of patchiness. 100% is complete coverage; 0% is no clouds at all.)

Edited July 22, 2021 by Arnie Pie

[Arnie Pie]

Latest Aim was showing flotsam around the 2 day out area.....Shame about the cloud cover

Not sur Russia will get a show tonight

Edited July 22, 2021 by Arnie Pie

[Arnie Pie]

Clearing up now, nowt showing and looking at the close Euro cams, nowt expected

[Arnie Pie]

Just done a bit of work on what was observed on Wed morning just after 03.00 21-07-21, in relationship to what was seen on the relevant Aim

Firstly find out the time that the Aim image was taken

 as you can see the orbit strip was recorded just after 10.00 in the morning

The NLC`s were recorded in the UK after 03.00, which is 17 hrs later, which needs to be adjusted for

17 hrs travel = 8 1/2 mins on the clock face

What was observed was a low solid display way out to the NNE

 

This matches what was recorded on the Aim

[mushymanrob]

21 hours ago, Arnie Pie said:

Just done a bit of work on what was observed on Wed morning just after 03.00 21-07-21, in relationship to what was seen on the relevant Aim

Firstly find out the time that the Aim image was taken

 as you can see the orbit strip was recorded just after 10.00 in the morning

The NLC`s were recorded in the UK after 03.00, which is 17 hrs later, which needs to be adjusted for

17 hrs travel = 8 1/2 mins on the clock face

What was observed was a low solid display way out to the NNE

 

This matches what was recorded on the Aim

interesting, does that work with the other disp[lays like the cracking one on the 14th around 11 pm?

 

[mushymanrob]

actually, that works... ive done it for the 14th, at 11 pm...

strip taken at 10.16 am, 13 hours before viewing = 6.5 minutes

 

[mushymanrob]

works for june 4th too..