Updated 1.8.2005

Noctilucent Clouds Noctilucent Clouds

Site: Sondby, Porvoo, Finland 60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E
Time: Eastern Europen Time zone (UT+02{+01}) July 2005
Camera: Canon EOS 20D Digital SLR camera with 8.2Mb CMOS sensor
Lenses: Canon EF 17-35mm f/2.8 L USM
Peleng 8mm f/3.5 MC 180° circular fisheye
Exposure: automatic the "P" setting minus one stop - raw images
Software: Canon Digital Photo Professional v1.6.1.0 Windows XP
Canon ZoomBrowser EX 5.0.0.142
PhotoImpact XL
Ulead GIF Animator 5.05
IrfanView 3.95
Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0

10/11.7.205 West up to zenit
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00:31EEST, Arcturus setting 		50Kb jpeg
00:02EEST 		50Kb jpeg
00:49EEST 		50Kb jpeg
01:19EEST 		50Kb jpeg
01:39EEST East, Mars rising

Best display in this summer so far
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Panorama on July 13 at 01:36 East European Summer Time

12/13.7.2005 NW to East and up to zenit
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00:25EEST, Starting... 		70Kb jpeg
00:51EEST, North. 		70Kb jpeg
01:31EEST, brightening 		70Kb jpeg
01:42EEST, at its best 		70Kb jpeg
01:45EEST, details
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01:57EEST, postcard 		70Kb jpeg
01:59EEST, Mars on the right 		70Kb jpeg
02:01EEST, details again 		70Kb jpeg
02:29EEST, North to the Sun 		70Kb jpeg
02:31EEST, up to Horizon

Click fo a LARGE Movie FileAnimated GIF movie 00:53-01:19EEST

The next night sky was full of pale blue stuff
13/14.7.2005 Fist phenomena appeared before local midnight
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00:22EEST, North 		70Kb jpeg
00:25EEST, West 		70Kb jpeg
00:26EEST, East 		70Kb jpeg
01:23EEST, West, fading
Details near Zenit
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00:52EEST, net 		70Kb jpeg
00:54EEST, strings 		70Kb jpeg
01:01EEST, cross

Animated GIF movies of details
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00:40-00:50EEST 		Click fo a LARGE Movie File
01:01-01:08EEST 		Click fo a LARGE Movie File
01:10-01:21EEST

A whole sky display again on 17.7.2005
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Panorama at 00:23 East European Summer Time

16/17.7.2005 from midnight until normal clouds filled the sky 01:30
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00:21EEST, North 		100Kb
01:05EEST, NNE 		100Kb
01:17EEST, More low stuff 		100Kb
00:47EEST, Iridium 49 at mag -6
Details near Capella
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00:55EEST 		100Kb
01:00EEST 		100Kb
01:02EEST

Animated GIF movies of changing details
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00:30-00:48EEST 		Click fo a LARGE Movie File
01:08-01:16EEST

Same displays from Helsinki by Hannu Määttänen

Lapua, Esan tupa, Cygnus2005.

21/22.7.2005 round midnight
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23:56EEST, East 		100Kb
00:02EEST, North 		100Kb
00:08EEST, East 		100Kb
00:33EEST, North 		100Kb
00:34EEST, North 		100Kb
00:52EEST, North
23/24.7.2005 round midnight
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01:29EEST, North 		100Kb
01:42EEST, North 		100Kb
01:45EEST, North

Sondby, Porvoo, Finland 60°15'40.3" N, 25°47'36.8" E

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00:17EEST, North to North East

29/30.7.2005 after midnight
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00:37EEST, North 		100Kb
00:54EEST, NE 		100Kb
00:59EEST, NW

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