Observation by Alex Pratt: NLC 2019 June 21/22

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2019 Jun 21 - 21:19

Uploaded

2019 Jun 22 - 09:51

Objects

Noctilucent cloud

Equipment

Canon EOS 500D
Canon 24mm f/2.8 lens

Exposure

0.5s exposure at ISO 800

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Target name

NLC 2019 June 21/22

Title

NLC 2019 June 21/22

About this image

A sample image from a series taken between 22:14 and 23:32 UT.

Pics were taken through double glazing with the camera on a mini-tripod on a window sill in the north-facing bedroom. No image processing applied, apart from cropped the horizon from the lower part of the image.

Very interesting to watch the development of the display, with subtle structures slowly changing shape as the event reached its peak and gradually diminished.

Files associated with this observation

NLC_20190621_221917_ARP.JPG (897.1 kB)

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Comments

Ray Emery, 2019 Jun 22 - 12:22 UTC

Champion, sithee.

Are you going to do a movie from your still frames?

- Ray -

Alex Pratt, 2019 Jun 22 - 13:16 UTC

Hi Ray,

I moved the camera between some of the exposures so it would be a faff to register them all to create a movie that didn't make the viewer seasick. Perhaps PIPP or something similar could do the job.

If the NLC make another bright appearance I'll keep the camera in a fixed position and combine the pics into an animation.

Clear skies,

Alex.

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