Noctilucent Clouds June 23, 2021 seen at the coast

NLC with satellite flare UT21h29

On wednesday evening, June 23 I saw noctilucent clouds above the North Sea. It was the first time I could observe NLC from another location then from my backyard. I was at Oostduinkerke (Koksijde Belgium). NLC were bright with low clouds and the reddisch from sunset made it even more special.

Noctilucent Clouds

Currently NLC over Oostduinkerke (B)

More pictures of NLC on June 18

 

Noctilucent Clouds June 18 above Averbode

Great show yesterday evening (june 18, 2021) above Averbode (B) with bright noctilucent clouds. The NLC reached from west till north and up to 45° above the horizon.

MAI75 Expedition 65 June 9 & 10 : Results and Certificate

 

On June 9 & 10, MAI 75 expedition 65 SSTV took place. I used the 70m Nurberg WebSDR on June 10. Max height of the passing ISS was good, but even then the receiving was poor. I submitted my best picture to the Indonesian Space Explorer which recognized my submission with a certificate.

NEW Upcoming ARISS SSTV Event from June 21 - June 26

Next week, the ARISS team will be transmitting SSTV images continuously from June 21 until June 26. The blog http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ mentions that the images will be related to some of the amateur radio activities that have occurred on the Space Shuttle, Mir space station and the International Space Station.

The schedule start and stop times are:

Monday, June 21 – Setup is scheduled to begin at 09:40 UTC (transmissions should start a little later).

Saturday, June 26 – Transmissions are scheduled to end by 18:30 UTC. 

The downlink frequency will be 145.800 MHz. Those that recently missed the opportunity during the limited period of MAI experiment 65 transmissions should have numerous chances over the 6 day period to capture many (if not all 12) of the images.

Partial Solar Eclipse June 10

Composition of the partial solar eclipse of June 10.
Setting: Nikon D7500 with TAL200K f/8.5 and solarfilm ND3.8, ISO100 and 1/3200s.