Observation by Mark Phillips: Noctilucent Clouds from Edinburgh

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Mark Phillips

Observer

Mark Phillips

Observed

2020 May 30 - 23:29

Uploaded

2020 May 31 - 00:21

Objects

Noctilucent cloud

Equipment

Canon 600D
75mm f4

Exposure

0.6s

Location

West of Edinburgh

Target name

Noctilucent Clouds

Title

Noctilucent Clouds from Edinburgh

About this image

The first I've seen this year. Beautiful calm night.

You can see the orange lights on the top of the three illuminated towers of the new Queensferry Crossing - sadly a major polluter of the night sky with powerful spotlights that go straight up and ruin darker skies than these. The red lights are on top of the two towers of the older Forth Road Bridge.

Autofocus wouldn't work on them so focus is not the best.

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