NLC 2009-07-09/10

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BAA report

The report to the BAA Aurora Section gives an overview of the night, which times were cloudy, free of NLC, or with sightings of NLC. 

Name of observer: Horst Meyerdierks
Location: Royal Observatory Edinburgh, 55.9N 3.2W
          unattended dSLR with limited field of view A ~325-35, h ~0-40
          images every 5 min
Date: 2009-07-09/10

  UT   forms  bright   height   azimuth   comments
               ness   top bot  left rght  e.g. weather
-----  -----  ------  -------  ---- ----  --------------------------------
21:30  X                                  cloud
21:45  X                                  cloud
22:00  X                                  cloud to h 20 or 30
22:15  X                                  cloud to h 20
22:30  X                                  cloud to h 30
22:45  X                                  patchy cloud
23:00  X                                  cloud to h 15
23:15  X                                  cloud to h 15
23:30  X                                  cloud to h 15
23:45  X                                  cloud to h 15
00:00  X                                  patchy cloud
00:15  X                                  cloud to h 20 or 25
00:30  X                                  cloud
00:45  NLC        1     5                 patchy cloud
01:00  NLC        2     5      <325  335  patchy cloud
01:15  II         3    10      <325   15  cloud on horizon
01:30  I          1    10      <325   10  cloud on horizon
01:45  I          3    10       355  >30  cloud on horizon
02:00  I          3    10   5    10  >35  cloud low on horizon
02:15  I          2    10   5    15   20  clear
02:30  0                                  clear
02:45  0                                  clear
03:00  0                                  clear

forms: I: veil
       II: bands
       III: waves
       IV: whirls
       NLC: other than or multiple of I-IV
       0: no NLC
       X: no decision possible (mist, cloud etc.)
brightness: 1: very weak
            2: clearly detected
            3: clearly visible
            4: very bright
            5: extremely bright

NLCnet report

The periods of positive sightings of NLC are reported to the NLC Observers' Home Page: 

Name: Horst Meyerdierks
Country: Scotland
Location: Edinburgh
Date: 2009/07/09-10
Start: 00:45
End: 02:15
Forms: I,II
Max elevation: 10
Max brightness: 3
Comments:
<a href="http://www.chiandh.me.uk/p/NLC_2009-07-09/10>Images</a>.

forms: I: veil
       II: bands
       III: waves
       IV: whirls
       O: other than or multiple of I-IV
brightness: 1: very weak
            2: clearly detected
            3: clearly visible
            4: very bright
            5: extremely bright

Images

Listed below are the images with positive sightings of NLC. These have been processed merely to adjust the brightness for underexposure. 

  UT    exp    A    hSun  h15   h85  stretch  image
----- ------ ----- ----- ----- -----  ----- ------------
00:45 15.000   6.4 -11.6  -3.0  14.3  0-255 q06006.jpg
01:00 15.000   9.9 -11.3  -2.8  16.3  0-255 q06021.jpg
01:15 20.000  13.4 -10.9  -2.5  20.2  0-255 q06034.jpg
01:30 10.000  16.9 -10.4  -2.2  28.0  0-255 q06046.jpg
01:45  4.000  20.3  -9.7  -1.7  47.8  0-255 q06056.jpg
02:00  2.000  23.8  -8.9  -1.1 101.5  0-255 q06063.jpg
02:15  1.300  27.2  -8.0  -0.4 146.1  0-255 q06066.jpg

exp: Exposure time in seconds (200 ISO, f/3.5).
A: Azimuth of the Sun (degrees).
hSun: Altitude of the Sun (degrees, negative below horizon).
h15: Max. altitude of sunlight at 15 km height (degrees).
h85: Max. altitude of sunlight at 85 km height (degrees).
stretch: Contrast stretch (0-255 means no stretch).
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