Category: Atmospheric Optics

On the 5th July 2022 Noctilucent Cloud were spotted again.  They lasted from 2.25am until 3.40am and were in the NE to NNE direction.

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="3468"] A 22 degree solar halo created by tumbling plate ice crystals in the high atmosphere, taken by John Archer on a Samsung Smart Phone[/caption]

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Whilst up early to photograph Venus and the crescent Moon on the 26th June 2022 at Dartford top road, member Jim Burchell also saw some Noctilucent Cloud too around 3am!  The 1st Noctilucent Cloud (NLC) sighting for CMHASD NLC season 2022. 

Jim sent out an alert via Whatsapp to members which Diane Clarke picked up and so too managed to photograph the NLC that morning from North Kent.

NLC by Jim Burchell - 26th June 2022

NLC by Diane Clarke - 26th June 2022

An absolute stunning image taken by Jim Burchell just before he went to bed on the 25th June 2022 of Crepuscular Rays. 

Oh my word, what a fortunate man member Martin Crow was last evening whilst out Kayaking on the river near Burnham on Crouch in Essex.  Martin got to witness something very rare and absolutely stunning; 3 rainbows together!!!  Two rainbows are often seen by people but 3 rainbows or the beginnings of a 3rd is a rare sight to see. 

Luckily Martin captured this special event on his phone, see below and member Honor Wheeler explained the 3rd rainbow  ''It's a reflection of the main rainbow from the water reflecting back into the sky.  A reflection bow. Super capture lucky you''.

A stunning Solar Halo was sighted & captured by Jim Burchell whilst visiting Eynsford Castle on the 28th Jan 2022. 

 

A beautiful Lunar Halo last night photographed by members Jim Burchell and Gary Hunt.

Jim's photo above was taken around 9.30pm and Gary's photo below at 11.30pmish.

A sun dog, solar halo and circumzenithal arc all seen by Martin Crow yesterday around 4.30pm.

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Image of the crescent Moon, and Venus with a Sunset and sun pillar - well spotted and recorded by Jim.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Jim Burchell Image of Crescent Moon and Venus and Sunpillar taken on 13/6/21 Olympus E-M10 Mark ll.[/caption]

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Lunar Halo Competition

As the name suggests, take an image of a Lunar Halo.

Rules:

Whilst the points awarding is somewhat ambiguous I’ll be looking for the following…

• Technically a good image (in focus)
• Well composed 
• Other points of interest (foreground or background)
• A good story – if you have a story of how you took the image it can’t hurt!

Entry criteria:

• You can only enter if you are a paid up member (any tier of membership)
• Entries must be to webmaster@crayfordmanorastro.com – feel free to post them on what’s app as well!

Entries:

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Images By Diane Clarke

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image By Diane Clarke. The two stars to the left of the Moon are Castor & Pollux in the constellation of Gemini Image details, Taken on 30.12.20 @ 21.48 Camera EOS 750D, Lens Sigma 18 -250 @18mm 1/2 Sec @ f3.5, Image as taken Static Tripod[/caption][caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Diane Clarke This image shows the Moon and a 22° lunar halo, along with the stars of Gemini Aruga, Taurus & Orion Image details, Canon EOS 750D, Sigma 18 - 250mm lens @ 18mm 8 sec @ f5.6, ISO 800, 25.01.21 @ 20.48 hrs Static Tripod Image as shot[/caption]

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Images by Leigh Slomer

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Leigh Slomer Taken with a stock Canon EOS 200d and a Samyang 135mm lens. Exposure time was 1/5 of a second at ISO 400 at an f ratio of 2.8. Processed in GIMP.[/caption]

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Images by Jim Burchell

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Image by Jim Burchel image taken on the Evening of 25/01/21. Image taken with a pentax K70. ISO 800/ F8 and 30 second exposure. Image showing some part of Orion Taurus and the Pleiades..[/caption]

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