Summer 2012 Noctilucent cloud watch

redsteveireland

There is normally a thread knocking around for this but I didn't see one.
Here is a pic from Donegal, yesterday, I think.
http://touch.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=242298519213834&id=100003010634603&set=a.103220936454927.6251.100003010634603&__user=1113024880

tylercollins

Martin McKenna spotted them on 1st/2nd June as well in Maghera!

Hopefully going to see them myself tonight

muckish

Seen in Donegal last night around 1.30am

lolie

Nice Noctilucent clouds out tonight in the northern skyline. Worth going out for a look. Impressive:)

dexter647

lolie wrote: »

Nice Noctilucent clouds out tonight in the northern skyline. Worth going out for a look. Impressive:)

Very nice indeed and my first proper glimpse of these beautiful clouds after many attempts:)..Took a few pics with my iphone but the photos don't do them justice so if any of ye guys with decent cameras are about get snapping:D

jfSDAS

hi all,

I've a slightly longer post on last night's NLC display over on the Astronomy sub-forum -- didn't want to cross-post.

I observed the NLC display near Ashbourne but first noticed part of the display from home in Terenure after having frequently checked the new AIM image feature on www.spaceweather.com during Thursday evening -- it's the little graphic below the solar data on the left side of the SW home page. The graphic is based on near-realtime data from the AIM satellite that is studying Polar Mesospheric Clouds.

An excellent primer on NLCs is Martin McKenna's article at www.nightskyhunter.com/Noctilucent%20Clouds.html

Paul Evans in Larne took some pics last night and they are posted at spaceweather.com/gallery/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=82641

There's more photos from different observers on the general SW gallery at spaceweather.com/gallery/index.php

Clear skies!

John


P.S., not sure if you saw the halo display videoed by Dan Lynch over on the Boards.ie Astronomy sub-forum? He captured the parhelic circle and 120-degree parhelio which I haven't heard many reports of having been seen from Ireland over the years. I missed his call to alert me to the halo complex that afternoon but did later spot part of the 46-degree halo, circumzenithal arc, upper-tangent arc, circumscribing halo, 22-degree halo, and sundogs.

lolie

It was one of the best displays i've seen over the last few years, bodes well for the next few weeks.
Only wish i had a better camera, the displayed dimmed before i got the camera out.

lolie

Another nice display of them this morn in the early am, not just as bright but higher up in the sky.




About to head in when i spotted this fella behind the bushes.


Also there's 4 visible passes of the ISS tonight at 10.45, 00.20, 01.57 and 03.33 if anyone is outside:)

muckish

NLC display from early morning ~2.45am in Letterkenny County Donegal, June 5th.

lolie

Another nice display of them out now for anyone interested:)

Rikand

lolie wrote: »

Another nice display of them out now for anyone interested:)

Is there some sort of connection between Noctilucent Clouds and people being more tired than normal ? the couple of nights they have been on so far, I have been wrecked and in bed by 11

dirtyghettokid

just before midnight, i saw these creep out


noctilucent clouds by jbredrebel, on Flickr


noctilucent clouds by jbredrebel, on Flickr

i'm glad i saw them too. not a hope of me getting out of bed at 2am to have a look
now i can sleep

Rikand

dirtyghettokid wrote: »

just before midnight, i saw these creep out


i'm glad i saw them too. not a hope of me getting out of bed at 2am to have a look
now i can sleep

Nice. Im up letting the dog out and no sign of anything

Rikand

finally got to see them. cool things altogether

tylercollins

Fantastic display last night!

pad199207

Is that NLCS covering the Northern Sky atm?

tylercollins

Yeah, almost over head in Derry, going to ****ing EPIC when the sky gets darker. Get out and get photos.

Rikand

Saw them around 11 north west of Athlone, looked incredible but they disappeared fairly shortly afterwards...

hope some of you guys got some good pics

maquiladora

These were taken in Co Clare last night. (From Spaceweather)



http://spaceweather.com/gallery/indiv_upload.php?upload_id=84495&PHPSESSID=qeihqf216enjj726hvg4efvg57