North Yorkshire Noctilucent Clouds - 12 to 13 June 2024

The first noctilucent clouds display I've seen in the 2024 season. It started off faint but still noticeable. After a few minutes it became brighter and quite extensive, the clouds being visible to the naked eye from the northwest to the northeast. I observed them from 23:25 to 01:40 UT. The noctilucent clouds were eventually lost to the encroaching dawn and some low level clouds that came over. For the first one of the season, it was quite a nice display.
Music: 'Cold Blue' by Astron from RUclips Audio Library.
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[@nightscapejournals]

Lovely sequences, Steve - looks like a solid display. Thanks for sharing. I’m yet to get off the mark from here this year.

[@sjbastro]

Cheers - hopefully we'll get a few more like that and the sky stays clear for them.

[@astronebulee578]

Brilliant captures and display Steve, congratulations on your first sighting this year. What lenses did you use can I ask please

[@sjbastro]

Thanks! It was a fairly good start to the season. For the wider angle shots I used a 16mm lens (probably too wide for a display that is low down like that one). There is another sequence that used a 24mm lens. The closer shots all used a 50mm lens.

[@astronebulee578]

​@@sjbastrothank you