20090621-22 NLC over Spain

[Oscar van der Velde]

Good morning,

I just photographed weak NLC here almost to the zenith in northeastern Spain (Sant Vicenç de Castellet, 41.67N, 1.86E). I was actually looking for the area closer to the horizon when I noticed blueish patterns most pronounced at 40-60° at 3:30 UT. I photographed the most pronounced features (a large scale whirl to the NNW and small whirls higher up, NNE) and with some contrast enhancement I could bring out patterns extending beyond them that were invisible to the eye. The display faded after 3:45 UT. The brightness was 2 for the main features.
Stay tuned for photographs.

Oscar

[tmcewan]

Hi,

I wonder if the camera at Calar Alto is running this year? If so, it would be interesting to know if they caught any of this.

Tom

[rkracht]

There are two cameras running at Calar Alto:

www.iap-kborn.de/Overview.313.0.html?&L=0

Rainer

[tmcewan]

Hi Rainer,

Many thanks for that link. Do you know if they caught any of last night's NLC?

Oscar has kindly allowed me to upload his images:

www.kersland.plus.com/2009images/veldeovd/2009062122/

Tom

[rkracht]

>Do you know if they caught any of last night's NLC?

I don't know, 03:30 UTC (05:30 MESZ) was a bit late for me
and it seems that there is no web access to the archival images.

Rainer