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Post by Oscar van der Velde on Jul 14, 2008 14:44:55 GMT
From Sant Vicenç de Castellet (41.7°N) I observed dim noctilucent clouds last evening: www.lightningwizard.com/showphoto.php?photoid=1219I did not observe anything in the early morning. These are the first I saw this season, but I may have missed some. cheers Oscar |
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Post by tmcewan on Jul 14, 2008 15:25:33 GMT
I think this must be the lowest latitude sighting, so far, for 2008. Also, to my knowledge, the first time NLC has be reported from Spain.
Tom
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Post by olaf3sky on Jul 14, 2008 19:51:32 GMT
Very interesting Oscar that you could catch them. Here is an impression from approx 1h later from NE Germany looking to ~NNW. I tried a f=200mm panorama view. Very nice and bright display. Sorry for the light pollution on the left part...  Click for a large one if you like (220kb): 3sky.de/NLC/NLC2/2008/080713/8335bis40.JPGOlaf |
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Post by Oscar van der Velde on Jul 15, 2008 12:10:53 GMT
Yes, I saw many beautiful images of this night also of The Netherlands where I come from - too bad I miss many beautiful NLC since I live below 44°. Last year I did get a nice NLC display from Toulouse and there was a great display from Portugal the same night. Now on SpaceWeather a report from Turkey, 40°N. I still hope to get at least something similar as last year. Fortunately I have a great view of the sky from my roof terrace. Actually the observing advantage so far south is that you actually have a reasonably long night even in summer, with NLCs only possible around 2030 and 0325 UTC. So you can sleep in between without missing anything  Oscar |
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