NLC Sightings: 1999


The following tables list all NLC's reported via the Internet to this site over the 1999 NLC season.   A list of archives   from previous years is also available.

Please note that this should not be regarded as a definitive listing of 1998's global NLC activity. Researchers should contact the officially designated reporting bodies for fully collated data.
 




MAY

NOCTILUCENT CLOUD 
Provisional Reports: May 1999
Observer  Location  Date  Time (UT)  NLC Forms  Max Elev.  Brigh-
tness 
Comments 






 
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JUNE

NOCTILUCENT CLOUD 
Provisional Reports: June 1999
Observer  Location  Date  Time (UT)  NLC Forms  Max Elev.  Brigh-
tness 
Comments 
Juergen Rendtel Marquardt (Germany) 00-01 0110-0150 IIa 08 Deg. 50 degree wide.
Claudia Hetze Chemnitz (Germany) 00-01 0110-0140 I,IVa 30 Deg. 2 Veil to 5 deg. with whirls above.
Frank Waechter Radebeul (Germany) 03-04 2030 II 06 Deg. 1  
Richard Loewenherz Klettwitz (Germany) 07-08 2025-2100 I,IIa+b 30 Deg. 1 In binoculars.
Claudia Hetze Chemnitz (Germany) 08-09 2045 II 10 Deg. 1 Above cloud.
Tom McEwan Glengarnock (Scotland) 08-09 2330-0030 I,IIa 10 Deg. 2 Faint, diffuse.
James Fraser  Alness (Scotland) 08-09 0015 I,III 12 Deg. 1  
Tony Hopwood Upton on Severn (England) 09-10 0200-0215 II,III 25-40 Deg.    
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 12-13   I,IIab,IIIabc,IVabc   5  
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 13-14   I,IIa+b   2  
Alastair McBeath Morpeth (England) 15-16 2325-2345 II? 11 Deg. 1 Possible.  In cloud.
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 15-16   I,IIab,IIIabc,IVabc   5 Photo
Frank Enzlein Eiche/Barnim (Germany) 15-16 2210-2330 IIa 05 Deg. 4  
Sally Beaumont Windermere (England) 17-18 2345 I,II 30 Deg. 2  
Brian Green, Chris Tait Bracknell (England) 18-19 0235-0240 IIa 15 Deg. 2 In 1 okta trop. cloud.
"Pride Of Cherbourg" English Channel 18-19 0210 NLC     AZI - 350-050 Deg.
Bernard Oattes Amsterdam (Holland) 18-19   IIa+b 05 Deg. 3 AZI - 340-000 Deg.
Menno van der Haven Waddinxveen (Netherlands) 18-19 2235-2245 IIb 04 Deg 2 Very faint after 2245UT
Ian Ridpath London-Dunstable (Engaland) 18-19 0100-0200 II 20 Deg. 3 Horizontal bands.
Gerrit Breman Veenhuizen (Netherlands) 18-19 2130-2230 II 10 Deg. 2  
Harald Edens Wijdenes (Netherlands) 18-19 2220-0230 I,II,III,IV,V,P 27 Deg. 4 Very bright at 0045UT.  Photos.
Oscar van der Velde Waginingen (Netherlands) 18-19 2250-0230 I?,II,III,IV,P 18-20 Deg. 3-4 Photographs .
Derek Haselden Southampton (England) 18-19 0200-0245 II 10 Deg.    
Lex Blommers Leiden Observatory (Netherlands) 18-19 0030-0100 II,III 08 Deg. 4  
Andrew Elliott Reading (England) 18-19 0210-0230 III,IV 10 Deg.   AZI 350-030 @ 0230 UT
Melvyn Taylor Wakefield (England) 18-19 2225-2234 II,III 10 Deg. 2  
Tony Hopwood Upton on Severn (England) 18-19 2230-0130 I,II,III,IV,V 15 Deg.    
Heino Bardenhagen Bergen (Germany) 18-19 0020-0200 I,IIa+b,IIIa,V,P 30 Deg.  
Rainer Schmidt Laage-Kronskamp 18-19 2315-0110 II 06 Deg. 2  
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 18-19   IIa   1  
Tom McEwan Glengarnock (Scotland) 19-20 0045-0200 I,IIa+b,IVc 25 Deg. 3 In cloud.
Dave Gavine  Edinburgh (Scotland) 19-20 0000-0115 I,II,III,V 20 Deg. 2  
Graham Young Dundee (Scotland) 19-20 0000 II 14 Deg. 1  
S. Martin 69N 92W / 55N 61W 19-20 0355-0552 I,II,III,IV 10 Deg.    
Oscar van der Velde Wageningen (Netherlands) 20-21 2215-0240 I,II,III 30 Deg. 3-4 Photographs.
Tom McEwan Glengarnock (Scotland) 20-21 0000 I? 07 Deg. 1 Possible.  Through cloud.
Menno van der Haven Waddinxveen (Netherlands) 20-21 2220-2250 I,IIa 05 Deg. 3 In cloud.  Photograph
Bernard Hulshof Wageningen (Netherlands) 20-21 2215-0145 I,IIa 12 Deg. 3 Photographs.
Melvyn Taylor Wakefield (England) 20-21 2325 I,II? 06 Deg. 1  
David Frydman London (England) 20-21 0140-0207 II 12 Deg. 3  
Dave Gavine  Edinburgh (Scotland) 20-21 2330-0030 II,III   1 In cloud.
RAF Linton York (England 20-21 0200 II 10 Deg.    
Alex Mognon Verona (Italy) 21-22   NLC?     Possible.
Oscar van der Velde & Floris Bijlsma Wageningen (Netherlands) 22-23 0030-0140 IIa+b 13 Deg. 2 Fade by 0140 UT.
Tom McEwan Glengarnock (Scotland) 22-23 2300-2345 I,IIa+b,III,IVc 15 Deg. 3 Intricate forms.
M Taylor Logan, Utah (USA) 22-23 0409-0500 I,II,III 15 Deg. 3 Photographs and colour movie.
Karl Kaiser Schlägl (Austria) 22-23 2040-2100 II 05 Deg. 2 AZI 326-000
Rich Keen Colorado (USA) 22-23 0330-0358 I,IIa 12 Deg. 3  From Lat 39d53'N
Karen M. Pietruszka Boulder (USA) 22-23   NLC      
James Fraser Alness (Scotland) 22-23 0005 I,II 40 Deg. 2  
Tony Rickwood Ullapool (Scotland) 22-23 2345-0000 II,III,IV 57 Deg. 2 AZI 300-045.
Jim Henderson Aboyne (Scotland) 22-23 0045-0115 II,III      
RAF Kinloss Scotland 22-23 0050-0150 NLC     1/8 - sky.
Ruediger Manig Neuhaus/Rwg (Germany) 22-23 2055-2200 IIa 09 Deg. 3  
Richard Loewenherz Klettwitz (Germany) 22-23 2050-2150 IIa+b,IIIa,IVb 16 Deg. 2  
Ralf Kuschnik Radebeul (Germany) 22-23 2105 IIb,IIIb 18 Deg. 2  
Frank Waechter Radebeul (Germany 22-23 2040 II 06 Deg.
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 22-23   I, IIa   2.5  
Michael Dachsel Chemnitz (Germany) 22-23 2045-2120 IIb 15 Deg. 2 Photos.
Mark Zalcik  Edmonton (Canada) 22-23 0600-0630 I,IIb,IIIa 20 Deg. 3  
Dave Yorty Twin Falls (Idaho, USA) 22-23 0400-0500 IIIb 40 Deg. 4 Lat. N 42.5.
Dave Wheeler Fair Isle (Scotland) 23-24 2355 NLC patch 10 Deg.   Cirrus-like.
James Fraser Alness (Scotland) 23-24 0020 I,II 25 Deg. 1-2  
Dave Gavine Edinburgh (Scotland) 23-24 2345-0100 I,II,IV 20 Deg. 1  
Graham Young Dundee (Scotland) 23-24 0145 I,II 20 Deg. 1  
A. Simmons Milngavie (Scotland) 23-24 2332-0217 II 55 Deg. 1  
James Fraser Alness (Scotland) 24-25 0015 II 10 Deg. 1 Small and faint.
Les Crossan Wallsend (England) 25-65 2330-0100 I,IIb 10 Deg. 1 Moonlight.  Some Ci.
John Lambert Pegswood (England) 25-26 2355-0020 II 10 Deg.    
Oscar van der Velde Groningen (Netherlands) 25-26 0050-0220 II 13 Deg. 2  
Alastair McBeath Morpeth (England) 25-26 2330-0230 I,II,III,IV 70 Deg. 3 Intricate structures.
Mark Simpson Leeds (England) 25-26 0000-0030 III,IV 05 Deg.    
Tony Hopwood Upton on Severn (England) 25-26 0200 II,III 25-40 Deg.    
A. Simmons Milngavie (Scotland) 25-26 2305-0057 II 60 Deg. 1  
RAF Kinloss  Kinloss (Scotland) 25-26 0120-0150 II 30 Deg. 1 In cloud.
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 25-26   I,IIa+b,3a+b+c    
Mark Zalcik Edmonton (Canada) 26-27 0525-0900 I,IIa,IIIa 2-?  Deg. 2 Fast westward motion.
 Tom McEwan Glengarnock (Scotland) 27-28 2230-0015 I,IIa+b,IIIa,IVc 35 Deg. 3 In cloud.   Bright in patches.
Raymond Emery Rothwell, Leeds (England) 27-28 2200-2245 NLC     Photograph.
Mark Simpson Leeds (England) 27-28 2200-2240 NLC 15 Deg.    
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 27-28   I,IIab,IIIab    
Michael Dachsel Chemnitz (Germany) 27-28 2035-2055 IIb 15 Deg. 2  
RAF Linton York (England) 27-28 0100 NLC      
Brian Whittaker mid-Baltic Sea (56N, 20+/-E) 28-29 2310-0020 I,II 10 Deg. 3 Airborne at 33,000 feet.
Mark Zalcik Edmonton (Canada) 28-29 0600-0920 I,IIa+b,IIIa+b 12 Deg. 3 Videotaped 0615-0625.
Corné Donkersloot Dirksland (Netherlands) 29-30 2345-0015 IIa 03-04 Deg. 2
Melvyn Taylor Wakefield (England) 29-30 2235-2301 I 09 Deg. 1-2  
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 29-30   I,IIa+b,IIIabc   3.5  
Gerrit Breman Veenhuizen (Netherlands) 30-01 2130-2300 II 12 Deg. 2 AZI 330-000
Bernard Hulshof Wageningen (Netherlands) 30-01 2145-2245 I,IIa,IVc 15 Deg. 3 Photographs.
Neil Bone Chichester (England) 30-01 2205-2220 III 12 Deg. 3 In cloud.
Roland Winkler Leipzig Airport (Germany) 30-31 2230 IIb 25 Deg. 2 In cloud.
Frank Enzlein Eiche/Barnim (Germany) 30-31 2210-2300 IV 06 Deg. 2 In cloud.
Michael Dachsel Chemnitz (Germany) 30-31 2055-2110 IIb 08 Deg. 2 Photos.
Mark Zalcik Edmonton (Canada) 30-30 0930 IIIb 30 Deg. 3  

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JULY

NOCTILUCENT CLOUD
Provisional Reports: July 1999
Observer Location  Date  Time (UT)  NLC Forms  Max Elev.  Brigh-
tness 
Comments
Karl Kaiser Schlägl and  Moldaublick/Böhmerwald (Austria) 02-03 2015-0200 I,II,III 11 Deg. 2-3  Lat 48.38'N
Bernhard Hoeher Weiden (Germany) 02-03 2100-2120 I,II 04 Deg. 2  
Bjorn H. Granslo Fjellhamar (Norway)  02-03 2315-2345 II,III 65 Deg. 3 In cloud.
Thomas Groß Klaster Teplá (Czech Republic) 02-03 2115-2200 IIb 07 Deg. 3 N-NE.
Claudia Hetze Kristiansand (Norway) 02-03 2330-0230 IIa+b 30 Deg. 4 Photo.
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 02-03   I,IIab   1  
Neil Bone Chichester (England) 04-05 2150-2230 II,III 15 Deg. 2 Lost in haze at 2230.
Tom McEwan Glengarnock (Scotland) 04-05 2215 NLC 12 Deg. 1 Possible NLC patch to north.
Ian Ridpath Dunstable (England) 04-05 2230 NLC     In Cloud.
Alastair McBeath Morpeth (England) 04-05 2200-2345 NLC 60 Deg.   Weak.  With possible aurora.
Peter Willis Lichfield (England) 04-05 2230-2300 I 09 Deg. 2  
Eric Shafer, USAF McGuire, NJ (USA) 04-05 0315-0345 NLC?     In cloud.
Dave Gavine Edinburgh (Scotland) 04-05 0015 II   1 In cloud.
Claudia Hinz Chemnitz (Germany) 04-05 0100-0110 I,IIa 08 Deg. 1  
David Keedy  South Shields (England) 04-05 0206 II 30 Deg. 2  
Ron Livesey Edinburgh (Scotland) 04-05 2245-2300 II 25 Deg. 1  
T.  Hopwood Upton-on-Severn (England) 04-05 2215 II 25 Deg.    
Lloyd Jensen Winnipeg (Canada) 05-06 0900-0920 III     In NNE.
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 05-06
 I,IIab    
Alastair McBeath Morpeth (England) 05-06 0115-0230 I,II,III 24 Deg. 2 Partly in cloud.
Mark Zalcik Edmonton (Canada) 05-06 0610 I,IIa 07 Deg. 1  
Bernard Hulshof Wageningen (Netherlands) 06-07 2215-2245 I,IIa 06 Deg. 2 Lost to fog.
Oscar van der Velde Wageningen (Netherlands) 06-07 0105-0245 I,IIab,IIIa,O,S ~40 Deg. 3-4 Photos (pending).
Menno van der Haven KNMI-Hoek van Holland (Netherlands) 06-07 0100-0215 I,IIb,IVa 18 Deg. 3 AZI 350-030. Photos.
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 06-07   I,IIab,IIIabc,IVab   3.5  
Mark Zalcik Edmonton (Canada) 06-07 0600-0930 I,IIa+b,IIIb 35 Deg. 3
J. Brausch Glenullin ND (USA) 06-07
II 04 Deg.    
T. Hopwood Upton-on-Severn (England) 06-07 2230-0145 II,III 20 Deg. 3  
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 07-08   I,IIa   0.5  
Melvyn Taylor Wakefield (England) 08-09 2340-2345 NLC?     Suspect NLC.
J. Brausch Glenullin ND (USA) 08-09
II 02 Deg.    
Bjorn H. Granslo Fjellhamar (Norway)  09-10 2230-0000 II,III 30 Deg. 3  
Juergen Rendtel Marquardt (Germany) 09-10 0000-0125 I,IIa 06 Deg. 2  
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 09-10   I,IIa+b,IIIabc,IVab   3.5  
Tom McEwan Glengarnock (Scotland) 11-12 2345-0030 II? 08 Deg. 1 Possible NLC, low in haze.
Gabriel Oksa 53N, 20W 11-12 0200-0300 IIIa,IVc 10 Deg. 4 In flight observation.
Melvyn Taylor Wakefield (England) 11-12 2215-2224 II 18 Deg. 1-2
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 11-12   I,IIab,IIIab   2.5  
Alastair McBeath Morpeth (England) 12-13 2125-2315 II,III,IV 26 Deg. 1
N. McNaught Edinburgh (Scotland) 12-13 2230 NLC 90 Deg.    
Alastair McBeath Morpeth (England) 13-14 0130-0300 II,III 11 Deg. 2
H. Ford  Dundee (Scotland) 13-14 0040 II 05 Deg.    
Dave Gavine  Edinburgh (Scotland) 13-14 2330 II 05 Deg.    
RAF Linton York (England) 13-14 0200 IV 02 Deg.    
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 14-15   I   1  
F. Vincent, R. Stapleton St Andrews (Scotland) 15-16 0135 II 20-40 Deg.  
Brian Whittaker West of Ireland (52N, 18W) 18-19 0335-0350 II 05 Deg. 1 In flight, 36,000 ft.
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 22-23   I,IIab,IIabc,IVa   3  
Bjorn H. Granslo Fjellhamar (Norway)  23-24 2300-0000 II,III,IVc 20 Deg. 4 In cloud. Prominent whirls.
Timo Leponiemi Lahti/Nastola (Finland) 23-24 2200-2320 NLC     Photos.
Alastair McBeath Morpeth (England) 23-24 2220-0330 I,II,III,IV 46 Deg. 3
Dave Gavine Edinburgh (Scotland) 23-24 2315-0015 I,II   2  
S. Beaumont Windermere (England) 23-24 0230 I,II,III      
F. Vincent, R. Stapleton St Andrews (Scotland) 23-24 2235-2300 IV 15 Deg.    
T. Hopwood Upton-on-Severn (England) 23-24 0230-0245 II 15 Deg.    
Mark Beveridge Aberdeen (Scotland) 23-24 2151-2251 NLC

Bright, complex.  Photos.
Bjorn H. Granslo Fjellhamar (Norway)  24-25 2300-0130 II,III,IV 60 Deg. 3 Extensive.
Brian Whittaker North Canada (65-68N, 86-60W) 24-25 0420-0530 II,III 35 Deg. 2 In flight, 37,000 ft.  With sun on horizon.
Alastair McBeath Morpeth (England) 24-25 0200-0300 I,II,III,IV 29 Deg. 2
Bjorn H. Granslo Fjellhamar (Norway)  25-26 2240-0040 I,II,III,IV 55 Deg. 4 Bright and extensive.
Tom McEwan Glengarnock (Scotland) 25-26 2315-2345 IIa+b 06 Deg. 2
Peter Dalin & Vitaly Romaiko Space Research Institute (Russia) 25-26   I,IIab,IIIabc,IVab   4 Photos.
Alastair McBeath Morpeth (England) 25-26 0050-0330 I,II,III,IV 26 Deg. 3
James Fraser Alness (Scotland) 25-26 0100 I,II 10 Deg. 2
Tom Ferrie Irvine (Scotland) 25-26 0100-0300 II,III 10 Deg. 2-3  
RAF Linton York (England) 25-26 0100-0300 NLC 04 Deg.    
RAF Kinloss Elgin (Scotland) 25-26 0030-0410 II 25 Deg.    
D. Friend 52.01N 20.29W 25-26 0313 I,II 15 Deg.    
F. Vincent, R. Stapleton St Andrews (Scotland) 25-26 2300 II 05 Deg.    
Neil Bone Chichester (England) 26-27 2145-2155 I 05 Deg. 2 Sharp upper boundary.
Timo Leponiemi Hyvinkää (Finland) 26-27 2130-2200 III 05 Deg. 1
Claudia Hinz Chemnitz (Germany) 27-28 0150-0220 IIa 05 Deg. 1  
Ralf Kuschnik Braunschweig (Germany 27-28 0100-0207 IIb, IVb 06 Deg. 3  
Juergen Rendtel Marquardt (Germany) 27-28 0140-0210 IIb 04 Deg. 3  
Richard Livingstone  Pensarn, Abergele (Wales) 27-28 0225-0300 IIb 04 Deg. 3  
Stefan Kreibohm Hiddensee (Germany) 27-28 2130-2215 IIb 45 Deg. 2-3 Photos (Sven Näther).
Arne Danielsen Hvervenbukta, Oslo  (Norway) 27-28 2145-2300 II,III 20 Deg. 4 Photos.
Bjorn H. Granslo Fjellhamar (Norway)  27-28 2200-0000 I,II,III,IV 30 Deg. 4 Photos.
Tony Rickwood Ullapool (Scotland) 27-28 0000 II   1  
Dave Gavine Edinburgh (Scotland) 27-28 2220-0015 II,III 04 Deg. 2  
Graham Young Dundee (Scotland) 27-28 0135 NLC 05 Deg. 1  
F. Vincent, R. Stapleton St Andrews (Scotland) 27-28 2205 IV 05 Deg.    
Timo Leponiemi Hyvinkää (Finland) 28-29 2050-2335 NLC 20 Deg.   Photos.
Tony Rickwood Ullapool (Scotland) 28-29 0000 I   2  
Brian Whittaker Central Nrth Canada (57-62N, 104-90W) 29-30 0600-0700 II,III,IV 10 Deg. 4 In flight 37,000ft. With aurora. 

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AUGUST

NOCTILUCENT CLOUD 
Provisional Reports: August 1999
Observer  Location  Date  Time (UT)  NLC Forms  Max Elev.  Brigh-
tness 
Comments 
Bjorn H. Granslo Fjellhamar (Norway)   01-02 2135-2340 I,II 15 Deg. 2-3
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