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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Jul 12, 2006 22:20:52 GMT
A very large NLC display is in progress now, over 100* long already, check the sky were ever you are at, this looks to be a beauty.
Good luck
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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Jul 12, 2006 22:24:57 GMT
There is already a new thread started Conor lol
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Post by johnmc on Jul 12, 2006 23:12:15 GMT
If you haven't seen it yet this is what you are missing!
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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Jul 12, 2006 23:36:53 GMT
Beauty of an image John! it shows the display very well I have been out imaging the NLCs since 13.00 and they have grown very well. At its maximum elevation it was 35* high and 140* in azimuth from the W - NE with some lovely sharp delicate structure and colour. Now at 00.34 they seem to be reducing in height and i am assuming its because the is sun dropping lower, will they fade out? or will they get better before dawn when the sun climbs higher?...im heading back out now. Beautiful
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Post by johnmc on Jul 12, 2006 23:46:04 GMT
Yea Martin it will probably drop in altitude and brightness until the early hours when the sun comes up again. They are fairly dark right now here but who knows what they might be like later.
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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Jul 13, 2006 0:36:55 GMT
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Post by paulevans on Jul 13, 2006 10:40:15 GMT
That was an excellent display - I can confirm that it was not visible at 51.4 deg N :-( Hope we get some more in before the end of the season!
Clear skies,
Paul.
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Post by johnmc on Jul 13, 2006 14:06:42 GMT
Well I hope some of you stayed up last night to see the NLC flare up again. By 3am it was beautiful with so many different forms some of which I have never seen before. For a while there seemed to be a cut off point in the form of a very bright band which is unexplained,so far! I went to a vantage point to get a better view, this is just one of the many images I got. i6.tinypic.com/1zvtn2s.jpgThe image below is a first for me. I have imaged a planet in aurora before but never in the midst of NLC's. Shortly after this image was taken the NLC's stretched right overhead and down into the south partly covering the moon with a haze. Unfortunately I didn't get an image of this as I had run out of space and battries! i2.tinypic.com/1zvttat.jpgAs a footnote to this the July Sky at Night Magazine has a brilliant article on NLC's by an old friend of mine, Ken Kennedy from Dundee. Well done Ken!
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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Jul 13, 2006 14:50:57 GMT
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Post by Veronica on Jul 17, 2006 11:23:11 GMT
Guys, fantastic images of what seemed to be a very special display. Great detail in the accompanying information too!
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