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large halo around moon tonight

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  • 16-03-2011 9:05pm
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    4gun
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    I remember reading itscaused by ice cystals in the athmosphere and that it usually means a storm of sorts ..but this is the largest halo I've seen by far ..I read the above a long time ago and not sure if its true any shed some new light on this for me


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    Overature
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    4gun wrote: »
    I remember reading itscaused by ice cystals in the athmosphere and that it usually means a storm of sorts ..but this is the largest halo I've seen by far ..I read the above a long time ago and not sure if its true any shed some new light on this for me

    i dont see no halo, but it does look alot closer, got a good view throught binoculars


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    4gun
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    its clouded over now but the sky was clear at 8 'o clock in the north Kerry area, it was there


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    martic
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    The last time I seen a halo like tonights one there was a big storm after it,I hope there's no repeat :o


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    melekalikimaka
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    chance of a sundog hopefully


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    taffy lulu
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    A supermoon !


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    MiNdGaM3
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    4gun wrote: »
    I remember reading itscaused by ice cystals in the athmosphere and that it usually means a storm of sorts ..but this is the largest halo I've seen by far ..I read the above a long time ago and not sure if its true any shed some new light on this for me

    Yep, can see it here too. Most impressive I've ever seen!
    Tried taking a picture, but with no tripod long exposure pics are a bit awkward, here it is anyway.

    P1000394.jpg


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    4gun
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    from my perspective the halo was bigger or looked that way
    the moon beng a 5 cent coin and the ring being a dinner plate, so it seemed

    thats a good photo


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    4gun
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    melekalikimaka wrote: »
    chance of a sundog hopefully

    what is a sundog?

    is it the day time version?


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    Popoutman
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    The 22 degree halo is actually visible or partially visible around the Sun about 1 day in 4 on average in Ireland.
    If this is see, it means nothing more than there are stable and aligned ice crystals at altitude, usually from cirrus clouds.
    See a good set of explanations for the weird and wonderful ice halo patterns that can be seen here: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halosim.htm

    Haloes around the moon tend to be more visible as more people actually take time and look up at the moon at night than people look in the general direction of the sun, and though the incidence of haloes is the same, more people see the lunar haloes than the solar haloes.

    Weather wise, it's often a suggestion that there is a warm front inbound, not necessarily anything to do with the strength of a system.


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    4gun
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    its there again at 2100 tonight..at this stage such a well defined ring is just nice to see for no other reason than its there


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    johngalway
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    I was out tonight for an hour and a half, the halo is certainly there. It's heeeuge!


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    goat2
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    johngalway wrote: »
    I was out tonight for an hour and a half, the halo is certainly there. It's heeeuge!

    i see same thing, is it a sign there is a lot of rain on the way,


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    Nailz
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    Wandered outside a couple of hours ago and I thought I was going insane, thankfully everybody else is going insane too!


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    thetonynator
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    saw it last night, it was enormous, but the picture i took didnt come out at all really . . 4 seconds of exposure, one huge bright mark in the middle and a faint ring round the edge . .


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    up for anything
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    The ring/halo is much larger tonight than I've ever seen before.


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    je55ie
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    would that be the Giant Moon rising they are on about?! must admit the moon looks amazing tonight, bright and huge.


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    TheReverend
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    up for anything wrote: »
    The ring/halo is much larger tonight than I've ever seen before.

    That looks sweet :D


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    TheReverend wrote: »
    That looks sweet :D

    The one around the MOON. Have you lost your way while looking for AH? :D:D


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    TheReverend
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    up for anything wrote: »
    The one around the MOON. Have you lost your way while looking for AH? :D:D

    Yeah the ring looks awesome is what I meant, did you misread my post?

    Tried taking pics but its too cloudy and i dont have a tripod handy

    http://pix.ie/eirejoker/2221831

    http://pix.ie/eirejoker/2221830


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    TheReverend wrote: »
    Yeah the ring looks awesome is what I meant, did you misread my post?

    Tried taking pics but its too cloudy and i dont have a tripod handy

    http://pix.ie/eirejoker/2221831

    http://pix.ie/eirejoker/2221830

    Sorry, I was jumping at shadows. :D

    Lovely pictures by the way


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