Unfortunately I had to miss the last NLC due to heavy clouds. But it worked out last night. At midnight it finally got dark enough for the NLCs to be clearly visible. The display was not as bright, so I was not able to image such high-contrast structures as last year. Here […]
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Not too bad…
Initially, a dense cloud cover was forecast for Cuxhaven, but, as is so often the case recently, it was still quite cloud-free until midnight. The NLC radar had been very busy in the morning, so I decided to try my luck. Not as bright as the last two sessions (I’m guessing magnitude 2), but […]
There’s still room for improvement this year
After the last great display of NLCs, there was another huge NLC field yesterday, or rather two of them. Although there was still a lot of cloud cover, it was still quite good between 11:30 pm and 1 am. The left field in particular was very high in the sky. Als das erste […]
Magnificent view
Last night there was a large NLC display over the North Sea. Fantastic! At first, due to the twilight brightness, not so pronounced, this changed with increasing darkness, until it dan again became somewhat paler.
NLC over the North Sea
Yesterday evening it worked – for this year – the first time properly. The last weeks were either without NLCs or it was so cloudy that they were unfortunately not visible from here. From about 23 o’clock the first light structures were visible. After midnight a nice display appeared over the North Sea. […]