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I caught this display on 27-28 June 2026 from North Yorkshire, UK. We'd missed a few of the good displays visible from Europe up to this point, so it was nice to see a bright one. It started quite early and continued all night. Time: 22:09 to 01:31 UT Brightness: 3 Forms: I, IIa, IIb, S Max elevatio...

I caught the display last night from North Yorkshire, UK. It was quite extensive although not particularly bright. There were some nice forms on display, including some well defined waves. This shot is from 00:14 UT. Taken with a Canon 250D with 300mm lens at 2s exp, 75mm fl, f/4.0, ISO-800. NLC (IM...

Those are the best I've seen from those cameras this season. Hopefully the display will last until it gets to Europe and the UK. Cloudy for me unfortunately tonight.

I put this video together of the display I caught from North Yorkshire, UK on 9-10 June...

I caught the display from North Yorkshire, UK.

Time: 22:38 to 01:14 UT
Brightness: 2
Forms: I, IIa, IIb, IVb
Max elevation: 12°
Location: 54° N

It was a reasonably bright display with some interesting structure at times. It became quite extensive but faded with the approaching dawn.

Steve

I caught a faint display around midnight from North Yorkshire, UK. Unfortunately I didn't stay out to catch the later and brighter display.

I find these threads very useful throughout the season - thanks for doing them!

I would have been wondering why all my NLC bookmarks no longer worked! Thanks for posting.

I caught the display on 9-10 July from North Yorkshire, UK. It was not very bright at first but developed later on. Just before dawn, the NLCs split into two distinct areas. One was close to the horizon and the other higher up, with a gap of clear sky between them. Interesting to see. Here's a video...

Here's my video of the display for 2-3 July 2025 from North Yorkshire, UK.



Enjoy!

Steve

Here's a video I put together of the display on 29-30 June 2025, from North Yorkshire, UK:



Steve

(edited the post after I found out how to embed the video properly)

A good display was seen from North Yorkshire, UK (54 deg N) last night. This shot was from 22:41 UT. At their most extensive, the NLCs were seen from 280 to 060 degrees and up to 20 degrees in height. After midnight there were more tropospheric clouds blocking my view but it was great to see such a ...

I've been observing NLCs from the north of England since 2014 and the earliest I've ever seen them is 4 June, in 2021. I'm always hoping for a May sighting though.