They are common in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, 53.5 degree North. Mostly seen from start of June to possibly end of July. Not as prominent this year as previously seen but the season is not over. General times and directions are correct in your statement. Our other well known sky event is Aurora. So common around here that we consider it as a nuisance. Denis Marco Langbroek wrote: >>NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS?? > > > I don't think so. The sun was too low under the horizon at the moment (20 > degrees) to see noctilucent clouds. The position due east is wrong too, for > pre- local midnight hours. Any noctilucent clouds would be visible > north-northwest, and only earlier in the night with the sun at less than 15 > degrees under the horizon. Or later in the night, with similar conditions > applying. > > Usually NLC's are much larger phenomena too, and they are rare at 45 degrees > North latitude. > > - Marco > > (who has seen a lot of Noctilucent Clouds) > > ------ > Marco Langbroek > Dutch Meteor Society (DMS) > Leiden, the Netherlands > 52.15896 N, 4.48884 E (WGS 84) > > e-mail: meteorites@dmsweb.org > DMS website: http://www.dmsweb.org > priv. website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek > ------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: > http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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