David's Astronomy Pages (All Sky Camera)
Light Pillars  2016-11-02

Aurora Notes
Bullet Pictures
Bullet Videos
Bullet Summary Plot
- Light Pillars in NNE -NE Sky (Peterhead  direction), lasting for 40 minutes between 22:30 and 23:10h GMT (UT).
 - Light Pillars were stationary and are thought to be due to reflection of street/port lights off flat, hexagon-shaped ice crystals in the sky
- (light pillar compilation at  http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/light-pillar-compilation )

Pictures

Panoramic View - Northern Sky
Light Pillars - 2016-11-02 22:47h UT (GMT). Image #960924
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Detailed View of Light Pillars (image details as above)
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Panorama views of northern sky converted from original fish eye images
30s exposures taken with Oculus All Sky Camera  
 

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 Videos

Video: North panoramic view, 1.5 hour period
2016-11-02 22:15h to 23:45h UT (GMT)
Frames 960864-961032
[ Link to .mp4 video file, 1.7 MB ]
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Night Summary Plot

Night Summary Plot - North Sky (2016-11-02 / 2016-11-03)
Times on plot are local GMT times (= UT time)
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