Noctilucent Cloud season 2022

[Allseasons-Si]

1 hour ago, Arnie Pie said:

Time lapse from Friday morning (15/07/2022)

 

 

Absolutely stunning mate,...well done

[mushymanrob]

daisy looks promising for something?

 

[Arnie Pie]

1 hour ago, mushymanrob said:

daisy looks promising for something?

Down to the 60° Lat

An almost over head display for Northern Europe   

starting to show behind the clouds at Flensburg

Are our local clouds going to clear??

Edited July 16, 2022 by Arnie Pie

[mushymanrob]

15 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Down to the 60° Lat

An almost over head display for Northern Europe   

starting to show behind the clouds at Flensburg

Are our local clouds going to clear??

Nope... fronts to our west drifting north. I cant see it clearing.. damn frustrating, i can just about see stars.. 

 

[Arnie Pie]

5 minutes ago, mushymanrob said:

damn frustrating,

We`ve been here before Rob

That's still an impressive daisy so late on in the season

Edited July 16, 2022 by Arnie Pie

[Polar Maritime]

It's clearing here

[Arnie Pie]

1 hour ago, Polar Maritime said:

It's clearing here

yep...thought I just saw a star

Edit; there's a fine rain in the air now

Edited July 17, 2022 by Arnie Pie

[Rush2019]

I didn't spot anything last night or this morning, cloud has been an absolute pain for me this season when I've had chance to watch.  Anyway in SE sky saw the moon among cloud and Jupiter to its left.  Better than nothing.  Pic taken about 3am, they will be closer together tomorrow morning.

[Arnie Pie]

Latest Aim .. still nice and full

[mushymanrob]

NLCs becoming visible over flensburg now

 

[mushymanrob]

Huh... think theres too much smut.. 

[Polar Maritime]

Well I'm up sat in the garden with the dogs for a few more hours yet, (got to water the cabbage/potatoes and eat my tea so we will see. Lots of bats flying around currently and the stars are showing above

[mushymanrob]

They have this and i have nothing...grrrr

[Polar Maritime]

We've got to wait as always, much further north latitude for them... Full clear dark sky's above here, just about to water the potatoes now the water pressure is up.. then tea in the garden

[Arnie Pie]

Latest Aim finally released (3 day out)

As expected at this time of the season, the core looks like it is beginning  to disintegrate

But we are in unusual time`s, so I`m not counting anything out

 

 

[mushymanrob]

its over as far as im concerned, unless the daisy comes out early enough with a 60' (at least) showing then im done.. sadly..

[Arnie Pie]

Latest Aim .. 2 day out for yesterday where there was a low, bright 2nd half display showing on the euro cams, but alas was clouded out IMBY

[Arnie Pie]

It appears finally, that there maybe a break in the overnight cloud

The latest daisy`s still bulky enough to give a low display

 For me a final rare opportunity to catch a noctilucent display, in conjunction with a laser display 

[Arnie Pie]

Just started to show NNE Low and faint

4"  f 5.6     ISO 1000    WB; tungsten

Edited July 27, 2022 by Arnie Pie

[Arnie Pie]

Now growing and becoming more visible

[Cheshire Freeze]

Pretty much at season's end now, the end of NLC season marks the start of the wane of high summer to me.

[mushymanrob]

4 hours ago, CreweCold said:

Pretty much at season's end now, the end of NLC season marks the start of the wane of high summer to me.

Completely agree. Much as i love NLCs a faint low display isnt something worth stopping up for. I guess the chances of a decent "higher" display have all but gone now. The nights are noticably drawing in.... my lilies/jasmine are nearly over and the swifts will be leaving soon..

Slipping inevitably into my least favoured season... dead summer/autumn...

[Arnie Pie]

This mornings 30 min display, just after 03.00

Nothing spectacular ( what it could have been if they had turned the bloody lasers on this morning)

anyway no cigar

latest aim (3 day out) still hanging on in there and throwing out some lower latitude `arms`

[mushymanrob]

1 hour ago, Arnie Pie said:

This mornings 30 min display, just after 03.00

Nothing spectacular ( what it could have been if they had turned the bloody lasers on this morning)

anyway no cigar

latest aim (3 day out) still hanging on in there and throwing out some lower latitude `arms`

now if that arm at 7pm was at midnight 2 days ago, we might be on to something!

but knowing our luck, it would be cloudy here..

 

 

[reef]

Three more days and it starts getting properly dark here again and for the first year I can remember I've gone the whole season without seeing any noctilucent clouds!

It has just been relentlessly cloudy whenever an opportunity has arisen here. Its been totally pants for using the telescope too, that has been gathering dust aswell. Hopefully the Autumn is better for that at least!