NLC 2011 June 2/3

[Bill W]

Hi,
Nice display caught on the video camera last night.
23.15-01.45UT, Brightness 2.
H up to around 15 degrees.
Video on youtube to follow.
Cheers,
Bill.

[Bill W]

Not very bright but good to see this early....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Z0Uw6AMa8

[markt]

Excellent video Bill! Looks like you have a nice automated setup there

[Bill W]

Hi,
Thanks, however it's anything but!
One of the suppliers we use was flogging off some cheap CCTV gear a few years back. I took one of the integrating cameras and a couple of lenses. The camera is really quite flexible but just like the weather station you get what you pay for! You can see a few hot pixels with only a few frame integrations, when it gets really dark there are dozens and dozens.
I just plonk onto the window sill if the weather looks good and use a frame grabber.
Having said that the onboard gain and noise reduction can be tweaked so it's not too bad for what it is. It's good for keeping a watch especially on school nights!
Hopefully it'll get used more this year than last!
Cheers,
Bill.

[mesospheric]

Very nice video, Bill. It's fascinating to see how much lighter it is up your neck of the woods than down here.

Your video shows nicely the 'mass flow' of air, and this was one of the few displays that I'd say warranted the inclusion of the type I classification, which is not always recognised as being a valid classification.

[James Fraser]

Faint display seen at Alness...video runs from 00.20 to 02.04UT need to sort out a proper report later
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_s5Es56QZo

[Bill W]

Hi,
Nice, what I think is even better than the nlc is the almost static lenticular type cloud visible through most of the video. Just staying where the air is pushed up by something then falling away again. Then another forms, brill!
Bill.

[tmcewan]

Great to see all the fantastic observations arriving from last night.

Here's my visual report (images to follow):

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2011, June, 02-03. Glengarnock, Scotland

No NLC in perfect conditions 21:45-23:15 UT.

23:30UT, IIab, /06 Deg, 340-020, b1
23:45UT, IIab, /08 Deg, 340-025, b1
00:00UT, IIab, /09 Deg, 340-025, b2
00:15UT, IIab, /10 Deg, 335-030, b2
00:30UT, IIab, /11 Deg, 330-040, b2
00:45UT, I,IIab, /11 Deg, 330-045, b2
01:00UT, I,IIab, /11 Deg, 330-055, b2
01:15UT, I,IIab, /13 Deg, 330-065, b2
01:30UT, I,IIab, /16 Deg, 330-070, b2
01:45UT, I,IIab, /18 Deg, 335-070, b2
02:00UT - NLC in diffuse patches, /18 Deg, N-NE, b1
02:07UT Fade.
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[James Fraser]

Thank you..Bill and Tom. I have some mountains to the W and NW of me..it might be Beinn Tharsuinn height 2270 feet that is causing the Lenticular Cloud.

[ronan]

Caught the same display at the idylic Lough Talt and down the road near home





Ronan Newman

[Bill W]

Hello again,
Lovely pics, it does look pretty idylic!
cheers,
Bill.