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mushymanrob Maestro

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  • Location: chellaston, derby
  • Weather Preferences: The Actual Weather ..... not fantasy.
  • Location: chellaston, derby
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Clouds rolling in here... 

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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Still ok out to the West of you Rob. just hoping it keeps that way until at least Nautical twilight

Could contain: Nature, Outdoors, Sky, Horizon, Sunset

 

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  • Location: chellaston, derby
  • Weather Preferences: The Actual Weather ..... not fantasy.
  • Location: chellaston, derby
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30 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Still ok out to the West of you Rob. just hoping it keeps that way until at least Nautical twilight

Could contain: Nature, Outdoors, Sky, Horizon, Sunset

 

completely covered now... no hunting for me tonight..

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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3 minutes ago, mushymanrob said:

completely covered now.

Can see it on sat 24 inching its way towards my back yard😕

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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Cloud holding off for now Capella's just come in to view on the left hand side - No NLC`s as yet

Could contain: Nature, Night, Outdoors, Sky, Starry Sky, Sunset, Astronomy, Moon

 

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  • Location: chellaston, derby
  • Weather Preferences: The Actual Weather ..... not fantasy.
  • Location: chellaston, derby
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Ive seen no reports of any last night from anywhere...

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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Lost visibility of Capella around 2.45am - Nothing to report

Nothing on any webcams either

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  • Location: chellaston, derby
  • Weather Preferences: The Actual Weather ..... not fantasy.
  • Location: chellaston, derby
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clear again, and today the cloud isnt lingering so much in the East, maybe we might just stay clear this evening...

With the forthcoming unsettled pattern, totally clear skies are going to be rare, lets just hope we dont get too much cloud..

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  • Location: Macclesfield
  • Location: Macclesfield
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1 hour ago, Arnie Pie said:

Lost visibility of Capella around 2.45am - Nothing to report

Nothing on any webcams either

Had a watch from 3am to 3.45, good visibility, but nothing seen of any NLCs.  Sigh.

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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1 hour ago, Rush2112 said:

Had a watch from 3am to 3.45, good visibility, but nothing seen of any NLCs.  Sigh.

I was a bit worried losing visibility just before the mornings nautical twilight approached. 

So I'm happy to hear the 'meerkat' was on hand to confirm the no show😅

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  • Location: chellaston, derby
  • Weather Preferences: The Actual Weather ..... not fantasy.
  • Location: chellaston, derby
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LOl.. you cant make it up, theres no cloud coming in from the East on the latest radar, theres high cloud coming in from the Northwest!
 

Not sure id get a view even if they are out.

 

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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No interesting signal from any of the radar sites today so a pretty small chance of any displays ,, apart from possibly low on our horizon below the smut level

I`ll keep an eye out, fairly clear skies atm

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  • Location: chellaston, derby
  • Weather Preferences: The Actual Weather ..... not fantasy.
  • Location: chellaston, derby
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got low cloud from the east racing across the sky now...

i can find nothing on the webcams, although flensburg is still quite light.

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
Posted (edited)

still some high cloud giving the impression .. but nothing

I think the exposure levels are on an auto timer system at Flensburg Rob

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  • Location: chellaston, derby
  • Weather Preferences: The Actual Weather ..... not fantasy.
  • Location: chellaston, derby
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11 hours ago, Arnie Pie said:

still some high cloud giving the impression .. but nothing

I think the exposure levels are on an auto timer system at Flensburg Rob

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Felnsburg is a good camera, maybe its better than many of the Eurocams scattered about most of Germany/Switzerland/Poland/Check republic etc...

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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3 hours ago, mushymanrob said:

Felnsburg is a good camera, maybe its better than many of the Eurocams scattered about most of Germany/Switzerland/Poland/Check republic etc...

If they are there, then Flensburg and the other IAP cameras always show. They are fit for purpose.

Some early faint signals on OSWIN and Chapel Dewi offer some hope for this evening (North Sea cloud permitting🥴)

After 2 negative shows, maybe 3rd night lucky👍

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  • Location: Thorley, west Isle of Wight
  • Weather Preferences: Spanish plumes & stormy winters. Facebook @ Lance's Lightning Shots
  • Location: Thorley, west Isle of Wight
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No storms tonight after all, and clear skies to the north + no work tomorrow, so I'd happily take the first display of the year 👍

I need to look up the camera settings I used last time I photographed these, as I've genuinely forgotten!

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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23 minutes ago, ResonantChannelThunder said:

I need to look up the camera settings I used last time I photographed these, as I've genuinely forgotten!

Just as a guide a large aperture and increase the exposure time/ ISO as it gets darker

last nights photo was f 5.0 @ 6"  ISO 125  at nautical twilight, as it gets darker from then I like to increase the ISO as apposed to the time

Edit; you may get away with shorter exposure times as i have to shoot through a light pollution filter👍

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  • Location: Thorley, west Isle of Wight
  • Weather Preferences: Spanish plumes & stormy winters. Facebook @ Lance's Lightning Shots
  • Location: Thorley, west Isle of Wight
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9 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Just as a guide a large aperture and increase the exposure time/ ISO as it gets darker

last nights photo was f 5.0 @ 6"  ISO 125  at nautical twilight, as it gets darker from then I like to increase the ISO as apposed to the time👍

Thank you! Last (and first!) time I managed to snap them, it was already three years ago and back when I still lived on 'the mainland'. A lot's happened since then and I've genuinely forgotten what settings I went for!

Looking back through Facebook, this was how they turned out:
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I've only seen one display to match this one since  😞 

 

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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5 minutes ago, ResonantChannelThunder said:

I've only seen one equal display since this 😞 

It will be nice to see any display this year let alone as good as that😅

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  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
  • Weather Preferences: Columus Bigus Convectivus
  • Location: Birmingham, Harborne 160 asl
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Not that its any good for this evening, but the German forum are saying a pronounced display over Siberia earlier on

A positive sighting non the less🙂

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  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms & Snow
  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)
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Meteoweb post earlier 

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  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)
  • Weather Preferences: Thunderstorms & Snow
  • Location: Herne Bay, Kent (14 m)
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1 minute ago, Arnie Pie said:

showing at Ibrit now

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Aye was just about to post 

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