Observation by Denis Buczynski:
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Denis Buczynski
Observer
Denis Buczynski
Observed
2020 May 31 - 00:22
Uploaded
2020 May 31 - 10:52
Objects
Noctilucent cloud
Planetarium overlay
Constellation
Grus
Field centre
RA: 22h47m
Dec: -46°50'
Position angle: -178°09'
Field size
0°12' × 0°08'
Equipment
- Samyang 14mm f/4+Canon 1000D
Exposure
1x1s ISO 800
Location
Tarbatness Highland Scotland
Target name
Noctilucent Cloud display
About this image
Hello all,
There was an bright NLC display seen here at Tarbatness last night 20200530_31. First seen at around 01:00 UT(by my wife Liz) as a bright discreet patch at about 30 degrees altitude in the NE sky. This patch rapidly expanded westward and up towards the zenith. There were filiments and ladder types on display. The ladder forms became more widely separated as they moved toward the zenith. The display covered around 120 degrees of azimuth and was close to the zenith as the dawn sky began to overwhelm the diisplay. This was the first display seen there this season and I was suprised to see it so bright and extensive. I looked at the daisy wheel diagram on Spaceweather.co earlier tin the day and saw that there were NLC recorded but only close the the polar regions. I was not expecting to see any at this 58dN latitude so soon. Image attached taken at 01:22 UT
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