Noctilucent Cloud season 2022

[mushymanrob]

It has to be said, so far this year has been pretty poor ... and im away from Friday to next Friday, so my chances of seeing a fantastic displasy this year are low... i get back on the 9th, the latest ive seen them is the 14th...

[Tony M]

Clear sky forecast and a decent-looking daisy. Fingers crossed!

[mushymanrob]

Well im out... probably cloudy tomorrow and wednesday so ill not be out again until a week on friday at the earliest.. 

Smadhing clear skies here except for a band of cloud on the western horizon.

Decent daisy but not much on the eurocams. 

[Arnie Pie]

Cheers Tony, screaming a morning display to me

[mushymanrob]

A post on my site from a seasoned NLC watcher (ten years) says its the worst season hes known.... its certainly poorer then the last two seasons since i took it up more fervently.

[Arnie Pie]

Systems are back up

Here`s the back log from the weekend

Saturday 25-6-2022 was good for me, even catching a meteor on my time lapse

The display lasted overnight and up till dawn

I experimented with some Zoom work which shows some finer detail in an extended time lapse

 

Sunday night/ Monday morning yielded a picture with Saturn & Moon

This mornings brief display started around 2.30

 

[Allseasons-Si]

14 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

Systems are back up

Here`s the back log from the weekend

Saturday 25-6-2022 was good for me, even catching a meteor on my time lapse

The display lasted overnight and up till dawn

I experimented with some Zoom work which shows some finer detail in an extended time lapse

 

Sunday night/ Monday morning yielded a picture with Saturn & Moon

This mornings brief display started around 2.30

 

Beautiful show Terry,thank you,...love the meteor pic too

[Polar Maritime]

Fantastic Arnie

[Arnie Pie]

9 hours ago, mushymanrob said:

A post on my site from a seasoned NLC watcher (ten years) says its the worst season hes known.... its certainly poorer then the last two seasons since i took it up more fervently.

At the peak of the last Solar Cycle 24 ( 2013- 2015 ) we didn't see a noctilucent cloud for 3 years

Not really expecting much from this season, I must admit to be pleasantly surprised.

I never had the optical technology back then, which is now the reason I`m seeing a lot more of the clouds, fainter all be them. (and of course one hell of a view)

[mushymanrob]

Daisy is full ...
 

1 hour ago, Arnie Pie said:

At the peak of the last Solar Cycle 24 ( 2013- 2015 ) we didn't see a noctilucent cloud for 3 years

Not really expecting much from this season, I must admit to be pleasantly surprised.

I never had the optical technology back then, which is now the reason I`m seeing a lot more of the clouds, fainter all be them. (and of course one hell of a view)

I saw them in 2015....

[Arnie Pie]

36 minutes ago, mushymanrob said:

I saw them in 2015....

I must have drunk a bottle that night

[mushymanrob]

7 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

I must have drunk a bottle that night

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

[Polar Maritime]

The best ones I saw were in 2007/8 I didn't even know what they were at  time.. the first morning I saw them around 4am.. I just stood there thinking what am I looking at, They filled the sky. And the next few following mornings were the same. I will never forget it.

Great shot sorry Rob even from 2015

Edited June 28, 2022 by Polar Maritime

[Arnie Pie]

Loving the laser radar on the all sky cam

AllskyCam_KBORN - Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn

WWW.IAP-KBORN.DE

 

[Polar Maritime]

I meant Rob above, By the the way I'm a Rob to.. 

I've edited it

Edited June 28, 2022 by Polar Maritime

[Arnie Pie]

2 minutes ago, Polar Maritime said:

The best ones I saw were in 2007/8 I didn't even know what they were at  time.. the first morning I saw them around 4am.. I just stood there thinking what am I looking at, They filled the sky. And the next few following mornings were the same. I will never forget it.

We`ve been looking out over the same piece of Northern sky for over 20 years now, the first time we spotted them our thought`s were it must have been something to do with the Aroura. what were these shiny clouds?

some years their good, other years unnoticeable

I believe that we`ve been spoilt rotten over the last 4 years with some spectacular displays and like all of Mother nature`s gems .. shouldn`t be taken for granted

[Polar Maritime]

Absolutely Arnie, When a good display is on show they are better than the Northern lights in my opinion to the naked eye and lense

As you say should not be taken for granted, it's just a shame many are not in touch with it! (Or be up to see it)

Edited June 28, 2022 by Polar Maritime

[Sprites]

Harlan Thomas in Calgary on June 26th

https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=186148

Edited June 28, 2022 by Sprites

[Arnie Pie]

27 minutes ago, Sprites said:

Harlan Thomas in Calgary on June 26th

https://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=186148

Nice ,, and so on my bucket list

Nothing came of my time lapse (happens that it occurred 2 continents away)

but cheers for the heads up

[Sprites]

I've seen the Aurora twice naked eye from here can't remember the exact date, maybe November 87 I think was the best with red pillars moving.

December 21st 2015 a white/grey colour near the horizon,came out as this with 25secs exposure 3200 ISO. 

Also see the same treeline ware I took the NLCs couple of weeks ago. 

Edited June 29, 2022 by Sprites

[Arnie Pie]

7 hours ago, Sprites said:

December 21st 2015 a white/grey colour near the horizon,came out as this with 25secs exposure 3200 ISO

A higher ISO setting than I could have ever dare to use, to much LP, but the results are spectacular so i will remember these setting.

I`m guessing that I may have to get out of my ivory tower and join you land lovers down below for this bucket lister

 

[Sprites]

55 minutes ago, Arnie Pie said:

A higher ISO setting than I could have ever dare to use, to much LP, but the results are spectacular so i will remember these setting.

I`m guessing that I may have to get out of my ivory tower and join you land lovers down below for this bucket lister

 

As you know luck has to be on your side with the weather, and moon phases to get aurora etc.

Although I'm relatively lucky to be away from major cities. the local countryside is being chipped away year on year. And my town has more light pollution now than five years ago. 

 

[Arnie Pie]

Not looking likely to be a break in the cloud any time soon

Shame a nice full daisy and they are now showing on the low latitude  eurocams

KBORN GH4 - Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik, Kühlungsborn

WWW.IAP-KBORN.DE

 

[Rush2019]

Nice display on Flensburg cam right now.

[mushymanrob]

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!