RE: [APML] Images of Noctilucent Clouds

["Arne Danielsen" <arnedani@online.no>]

Thanks, Chris!

You might not get to see much NLC's from Arizona, but then again you can
enjoy dark skies all year round and you probably don't have to battle
-20 degrees Celsius when you're out observing. VBG

Best regards,
Arne
--
Arne Danielsen
Langhussenter 15, 1405 Langhus, Norway
mailto:arne@astrophile.net
http://astrophile.net/
N59°45'14"  E10°50'38" A115m
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Schur [mailto:cschur@therim.com]
> Sent: 9. august 2004 14:42
> To: Arne Danielsen; Discussion of Film Astrophotography
> Subject: RE: [APML] Images of Noctilucent Clouds
> 
> Arne, what a fabulous display!  Since we are heading into solar
minimum,
> its
> time to get out the widefield film camera and shoot something
different.
> You have your gorgeous n clouds, and here in arizona, we have neither!
> 
> Chris
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: astro-photo-bounces@seds.org
> [mailto:astro-photo-bounces@seds.org]On Behalf Of Arne Danielsen
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 1:39 AM
> To: Discussion of Film Astrophotography
> Subject: [APML] Images of Noctilucent Clouds
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I'm more or less shooting digital for all my astrophotos these days,
but
> finally I have some on-topic images to share - assuming pictures of
> high-level clouds can be considered as astrophoto. J
> 
> During summer the skies are much too bright to do any regular
nighttime
> astrophoto from the high latitudes of Norway. There is however another
> interesting phenomenon that can be witnessed each summer from our part
of
> the world. I'm thinking of Noctilucent Clouds (NLC).  These are high
> atmosphere cloud formations thought to be composed of small ice-coated
> particles which form at very high altitudes - around 82 km above sea
> level.
> Those interested can read more about the phenomenon at:
> http://www.nlcnet.co.uk/
> 
> I've seen displays of NLC's 6 or 7 nights this summer, whereas 3-4
> displays
> have been very bright and impressive. On the night between July
14.-15. we
> had one of those impressive displays. The clouds covered all of the
> Northern
> sky - from 270 degrees West to 120 degrees South-East and from the
horizon
> all the way through zenith.  None of my digital configuration can
capture
> such a large field so I had to dig out my good old Olympus OM-1N and
16mm
> f/3,5 semi-fishey lens. You can see the results through this link:
> 
> http://astrophile.net/astronomy/astrophoto/nlc/nlc.htm
> 
> Best regards,
> Arne
> --
> Arne Danielsen
> Langhussenter 15, 1405 Langhus, Norway
> mailto:arne@astrophile.net
> http://astrophile.net/
> N59°45'14"  E10°50'38" A115m


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