My first ever NLC display

[george7378]

Hi everyone,

I have been watching for NLCs the entire Summer, and I finally saw them last night. What an amazing sight - so eerie and enticing! I watched them until around midnight, where I looked outside onto the best Milky Way I have seen yet! I could see massive star fields, and even the lighter and darker areas where the dark nebulosity lies! Here are the NLCs from 53 degrees north, 0.7 degrees west:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eReV-wsFOMk

[Talitha]

These are great, George! They certainly are eerie looking, like wispy ghosts.

Glad you finally got to see them, i'd love to catch them some night.

[george7378]

Thanks Carol. I've submitted them to the Sky at Night magazine's Hotshots so maybe I'll get lucky By the way, I think it's fantastic that you have a monthly page in the magazine - that must be amazing (to be able to share your passion with so many others in such a way). Keep it up, and good luck with your NLC sightings!

George.

[Talitha]

Thanks George, and best of luck with your Hotshot submits.. i hope you're chosen.

[lunator]

George

Good shots

NLC are always interesting to see

Cheers

Ian

[george7378]

Thanks Ian/Carol - I'm looking outside hoping to see some more

Also, my NLC images were listed by speceweather.com (bottom of this page):

http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=10&month=07&year=2010

That is a great website for things like NLCs - it gives you updates and photos as they happen.

[nigelwr]

Can I ask what camera did you use and what settings

cheers

Nigel

[jgs001]

George, nicely captured, it was spectacular and eerie wasn't it. Good luck with the hotshots.

[george7378]

Thanks for the comments - yes, they were really weird. It's also interesting to think that the people of this century are the only ones to see NLCs - it makes you wonder what they are connected to.

Nigel - I used a Sanyo VPC-S700 compact camera in 'night scene' mode, where it decided to give me a 1-second exposure. I then changed the levels a bit in Paint.net, and did a bit of noise reduction.

Thanks.

[russ]

I saw them for the first last Friday, were indeed a fantastic but weird sight. And great images!

[george7378]

Thanks Russ - I'm also happy with how they turned out, especially since I only used a 7 megapixel compact camera.