Noctilucent Cloud season 2022

[Arnie Pie]

38 minutes ago, mushymanrob said:

Ok.... my other half insists on having a holiday when its her birthday... thats july 5th... so ill be out of NLC circulation until a week tomorrow  which im not overly pleased about! lol

So good luck everyone, i will be looking in, i hope you see some stunning displays!

Cheers Rob,

I hope you and your significant have a well deserved break

The latest daisy bursting out of it's seams

 

Which makes it hard Not to forecast a display of some sort during the day /night

Clear skies permitting

[Rush2019]

59 minutes ago, mushymanrob said:

Ok.... my other half insists on having a holiday when its her birthday... thats july 5th... so ill be out of NLC circulation until a week tomorrow  which im not overly pleased about! lol

So good luck everyone, i will be looking in, i hope you see some stunning displays!

Have a good holiday.  Next year talk her into a trip to Flensburg. LOL.

[mushymanrob]

1 hour ago, Rush2112 said:

Have a good holiday.  Next year talk her into a trip to Flensburg. LOL.

now thats a thought! lol

 

[Allseasons-Si]

3 hours ago, mushymanrob said:

Ok.... my other half insists on having a holiday when its her birthday... thats july 5th... so ill be out of NLC circulation until a week tomorrow  which im not overly pleased about! lol

So good luck everyone, i will be looking in, i hope you see some stunning displays!

Have a good Holiday Rob and the OH

[Weather-history]

On 28/06/2022 at 22:34, mushymanrob said:

June 28 2015 .... just about my first sighting before i became more interested, poor camera too

You never saw those incredible displays during the summer of 2009? 

[mushymanrob]

40 minutes ago, Weather-history said:

You never saw those incredible displays during the summer of 2009? 

No.... i wasnt really into them back then, i think i knew about them but had failed to see them when out late.

[Arnie Pie]

Another good daisy There`s a display waiting for some lucky people with the clouds spreading down to the 60° latitude zones

[Polar Maritime]

No chance viewing them tonight here Arnie heavy rain and cloud will persist, But the weekend looks fantastic into next week going off that latest Daisy chart

[Arnie Pie]

14 minutes ago, Polar Maritime said:

No chance viewing them tonight here Arnie heavy rain and cloud will persist, But the weekend looks fantastic into next week going off that latest Daisy chart

The only consolation is that the heavy rain turns all sparky .. oh for a clear night

[Sprites]

Clear hereabouts now, no NLCs to report. 

Clouds moving in again later I think.

[LeeKay/]

Clear sky, breezy. Stars obvios. my cat likes the dark sessions so far

 

[Arnie Pie]

Starting to show faintly NNE

[Sprites]

Was just about to go to sleep, went onto the forum and saw Arnie's post. Got out of bed and walked 300 yards to take a pic.

Quite diffuse up to about 20 degrees 

 

Edited July 2, 2022 by Sprites

[Iceman2606]

Great NLC display over Northamptonshire currently.

[Arnie Pie]

A brief, faint display this morning lasting around an hour from 02.05, before being clouded out from the West

 

 

[Sprites]

4 hours ago, Arnie Pie said:

A brief, faint display this morning lasting around an hour from 02.05, before being clouded out from the West

 

 

How are you creating the time lapse ?

Is this video sped up or individual photos?

[Sprites]

https://www.spaceweather.com/

[Arnie Pie]

2 hours ago, Sprites said:

How are you creating the time lapse ?

Is this video sped up or individual photos?

The only way I'm comfortable with, is using the time-lapse feature in the old Picasa 3 software

This involves loading individual photos to build the time-lapse.

I`m guessing it`s now a long winded way, but the program allows me to add my own music, and there`s a useful 'batch edit auto contrast feature.

1 hour ago, Sprites said:

https://www.spaceweather.com/

This season`s full of unexpected surprises and with a full daisy still showing, let it continue

[Sprites]

2 hours ago, Arnie Pie said:

The only way I'm comfortable with, is using the time-lapse feature in the old Picasa 3 software

This involves loading individual photos to build the time-lapse.

I`m guessing it`s now a long winded way, but the program allows me to add my own music, and there`s a useful 'batch edit auto contrast feature.

This season`s full of unexpected surprises and with a full daisy still showing, let it continue

It does the job, your time lapse videos are good. 

Read just now on spaceweather the NLCs may have increased because SpaceX launches, I thought that may of been the cause a while back.

Edited July 2, 2022 by Sprites

[Arnie Pie]

2 hours ago, Sprites said:

Read just now on spaceweather the NLCs may have increased because SpaceX launches, I thought that may of been the cause a while back.

Yes that`s one hell off a spike, and seems to much of a coincidence not to be caused by the recent increase in rocket launches

What effect this extra humanly contributed moisture in the mesosphere ( apart from more shiny clouds)  will effect it`s natural balance. .. only time will tell

2 hours ago, Sprites said:

It does the job, your time lapse videos are good. 

Cheers

Always room for improvement thought. Does anyone know of a 'batch alignment'  software?

Edited July 2, 2022 by Arnie Pie

[Jamie M]

Feel like this is too much of a stunner not to share but a picture taken by a local photographer here last night of the NLCs from Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/RogerStangerPhotography

[Jamie M]

Seems like the weathercam caught the NLCs too, quick timelapse of them.

 

 

[Arnie Pie]

Looks like the majority of us will have a clear night/ morning

just in case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9X-cy_6uvw

Good luck all

 

[Jamie M]

6 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Looks like the majority of us will have a clear night/ morning

just in case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9X-cy_6uvw

Good luck all

 

May have to hang on a bit longer, was doing astro things in the garden at 1 but of course managed to go to bed just before it started up! 

[Arnie Pie]

Nowt being picked up yet ,, but with the latest(2 day out) daisy suggesting a low display with cloud showing down and past 70° lat

still early days

edit beginning to show now at

https://www.iap-kborn.de/fileadmin/user_upload/MAIN-abteilung/optik/Instrumente/camera/HGW/latest.jpg

Edited July 2, 2022 by Arnie Pie