A Moondog

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WCGucfa
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Re: A Moondog

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Hi Bill,

The image I see is a partial lunar halo at the top, cut off moon at the bottom, the way it comes up on my screen.
Is your original image supposed to be a full halo with the moondogs on each side?

I love this kind of stuff!

Thanks!

Bill G.
Comets:40, Best Meteor shwr: Leonids '01, Best Aurora:Oct. '03.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.
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Re: A Moondog

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I'm confused as to what you actually saw. Moondogs look like mock moons on either or both sides
of the moon, attached to a lunar halo.
Sundogs look like mock Suns on either side of the Sun.
Better description: Balls of rainbow colored light, accompanying a halo.

If what you saw encircled the moon, it may have been a 22 degree lunar halo.

Whatever you saw Bill, I wish I had the luck to have seen it/them, also! :cry:

BG, alias, Mr. Know It All! :lol:

P.S. I've admired your sundog shots taken from the morning commuter train, on your way to work.
Comets:40, Best Meteor shwr: Leonids '01, Best Aurora:Oct. '03.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.
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