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Old 22-06-2008, 05:39 AM
paulevans
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Noctilucent Clouds from Northern Ireland

Hi guys,

A long time since I've been here and I hope you're all having a productive winter observing the Magellanic Clouds, Eta Carina, 47 Tuc, Crux, Omega Centauri and lots of great sky objects that I can't see from where I live!

Here, at almost 55 deg N, it's mid-summer and it doesn't get properly dark from mid-May until the end of July. During that time we can see Noctilucent Clouds - fine dust clouds some 90km above the pole which are illuminated by the Sun from the daytime side of the Earth.

Thursday night/Friday morning we had a particularly good display which I'll share with you here....

http://www.pevans.me.uk/images/nlc0806201.jpg

http://www.pevans.me.uk/images/nlc0806202.jpg
http://www.pevans.me.uk/images/nlc0806203.jpg
http://www.pevans.me.uk/images/nlc0806204.jpg


Cheers and Clear Skies,

Paul.

Last edited by paulevans; 22-06-2008 at 05:42 AM. Reason: formatting
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