{"id":1905,"date":"2015-05-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/?p=1903"},"modified":"2018-01-16T11:48:49","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T11:48:49","slug":"nlc-2015-and-aurora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.popastro.com\/aurora\/nlc-2015-and-aurora\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC 2015 (and Aurora)"},"content":{"rendered":"

NLC 2015<\/span><\/h3>\n

The season has started with a nice display over Scotland and it promises to be a good one.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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This was taken by Luke Longhorn on the 27\/28 May 2015 with his iPhone while flying at 32,000 ft over Birmingham.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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He was flying with Alan Clitherow who managed to catch it on the ground from his home outside Edinburgh later that night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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This photo is my first sighting this season, taken from my croft in Glenbarry, NE Scotland on the 2nd\/3rd June 2015. A small but nice display and quite bright with a 1sec exposure at f5.6<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Alan Tough caught the same display from his home in Elgin, NE Scotland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Alan Clitherow got this spectacular shot of NLC over Edinburgh on the night of 11\/12 June 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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For a change, in the middle of NLC season, a CME hit the Earth on the 22nd June 2015. The resultant aurora was seen by Mary Spicer from her home in Tackley, Oxfordshire, where she took this amazing photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On the 28\/29 June I was lucky enough to catch this display, despite the thick cloud that seemed to come and go. It was 30dg high and 90dg wide and quite bright.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Alan Clitherow caught the same display from Ceres moor outside Edinburgh with this beautiful panorama.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mary Spicer caught this nice little display from her home in Tackley, Oxfordshire on the 5\/6 July 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The same night, Paul Crossland took this spectacular shot from Wigg Island, Runcorn, Cheshire.
Also spotting NLC\u00a0on the 5\/6 July was Alastair McBeath from his home in Morpeth, Northumberland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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What must have been a large display, but I only caught the bit below the cloud on the 15\/16 July from my croft in Glenbarry, NE Scotland.
Alastair McBeath also saw the same display from his home in Morpeth, Northumberland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mary Spicer took this amazing photo from her window in Tackley, Oxfordshire on the 17\/18 July.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Steve Hubbard also caught this display from Great Yarmouth on the same day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On the 18\/19 July I had a clear night initially, but only got these bands on the northern horizon, from my croft in Glenbarry, NE Scotland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At last on the 21\/22 July I got a clear night in Glenbarry, NE Scotland,\u00a0 and a cracking display which reached a hight of 45degrees by 02.30UT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The 23\/24 July saw another mostly clear night but with cloud on the northern horizon. However, just peeking through was a little bit of NLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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