Thanks... but you made me spit my coffee onto my keyboard when I saw that! (A perfect storm- your comment and I was listening to Tim Minchin at the same time.)florid_snow wrote:Getting corrected by Chris is like a dream come true, I always appreciate reading your clear comments on here.
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Interesting photo; but was the fish-eye lens necessary to capture the view? I think it could be a beautiful photo if done with regular photography! Just MHO!
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Re: APOD: A Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Spain (2012 Dec 03)
A 46° halo is specified by its radius. In other words, just capturing it completely (which this image does not) requires a vertical field of view of 92°, which (given typical image aspect ratios) means a horizontal FOV of 140°. That requires what is commonly called an ultra wide angle lens, which is probably what was used for this image (not a fisheye).orin stepanek wrote:Interesting photo; but was the fish-eye lens necessary to capture the view? I think it could be a beautiful photo if done with regular photography! Just MHO!
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Thanks for the explanation Chris!Chris Peterson wrote:A 46° halo is specified by its radius. In other words, just capturing it completely (which this image does not) requires a vertical field of view of 92°, which (given typical image aspect ratios) means a horizontal FOV of 140°. That requires what is commonly called an ultra wide angle lens, which is probably what was used for this image (not a fisheye).orin stepanek wrote:Interesting photo; but was the fish-eye lens necessary to capture the view? I think it could be a beautiful photo if done with regular photography! Just MHO!
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Re: APOD: A Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Spain (2012 Dec 03)
Chris Peterson wrote:The two are formed by different mechanisms. By all accounts, they can be difficult to distinguish from each other, and are easily confused. There's some good information here.Indigo_Sunrise wrote:Can someone please explain the difference between the '46* halo' and the 'infralateral arc'?
In that image, they look like they are part of the same halo/arc....![]()
From the link you provided:
But in the image it looks as though the 46* halo is merely a continuation of the infralateral arc, since they both look as though they have the green and blue colors. Wouldn't that mean there are only THREE lunar halos in the image for today......? Or where would the 'separation' between the two halos be?The lower colourful halo some 46° below the sun is an infralateral or circumhorizon arc. Note the greens and blues which would not be present in a 46° halo.
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Re: APOD: A Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Spain (2012 Dec 03)
The CHA actually nearly parallels [ie. as an arc of a concentric circle with] the horizon, so does not correspond to an angle with respect to the central line of light/sight. In an unusual halo phenomenon in Seattle a couple years ago, there was a CHA projected nearly 30 degrees to both left and right of a pair of sundogs [22 deg halo].
We get quite a few irridescent clouds around Seattle, lots of sundogs, and the occasional pillar of fire. Usually just faint 22-deg moon halos, and occasionally a bright lunar coronal halo. The most surprising and amazing halos I've seen were a triple corona of the sun sharpened by its projection through a grove of leafless trees about five winters ago; and a fog bow on the shore of the Washington coast right at sunrise. I was out for a stroll on the beach, completely immersed in fog looking westward, with a nearly 360-deg fog bow surrounding my bright heiligenschein-ed shadow.
We get quite a few irridescent clouds around Seattle, lots of sundogs, and the occasional pillar of fire. Usually just faint 22-deg moon halos, and occasionally a bright lunar coronal halo. The most surprising and amazing halos I've seen were a triple corona of the sun sharpened by its projection through a grove of leafless trees about five winters ago; and a fog bow on the shore of the Washington coast right at sunrise. I was out for a stroll on the beach, completely immersed in fog looking westward, with a nearly 360-deg fog bow surrounding my bright heiligenschein-ed shadow.
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Re: APOD: A Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Spain (2012 Dec 03)
Very lovely photo today.
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A lunar Halo = What Neil Armstrong "really" said first. ![Laughing :lol2:](./images/smilies/asterisk_laugh.gif)
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Glad I wasn't drinking coffee.Chris Peterson wrote:Thanks... but you made me spit my coffee onto my keyboard when I saw that!florid_snow wrote:
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Re: APOD: A Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Spain (2012 Dec 03)
This picture is very beautiful
Moon Halo multifaceted.
Over Spain
This composition is great for a Christmas Card.
Truly
Moon Halo multifaceted.
Over Spain
This composition is great for a Christmas Card.
Truly
Re: APOD: A Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Spain (2012 Dec 03)
ronboy wrote:A lunar Halo = What Neil Armstrong "really" said first.
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ronboy wrote:
A lunar Halo = What Neil Armstrong "really" said first.
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<<Hello, with that spelling, was used in publications as early as 1833.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, hello is an alteration of hallo, hollo,
which came from Old High German "halâ, holâ, emphatic imperative of halôn,
holôn to fetch, used especially in hailing a ferryman.">>
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Re: APOD: A Quadruple Lunar Halo Over Spain (2012 Dec 03)
Yes, I do believe that you are correct.Chris Peterson wrote:It appears to be an internal reflection. I see a subtle hexagonal structure aligned with the lunar diffraction spikes, created by the 6-leaf iris in this lens.RedFishBlueFish wrote:What is the bright blue spot in Orion, just outside the inner halo at about 5 o'clock: UFO, Healing Brush gone wrong, or some sort of reflection within the lens?
The moon is also the same shape.
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Without showing disrespect, will anyone who wishes to post about how lovely this picture or any other will be on Christmas Card please do so in the Christmas card thread?
Astronomical pictures are undoubtedly beautiful, but an excess of oohing and ahhing is inappropriate.
Christmas?
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Astronomical pictures are undoubtedly beautiful, but an excess of oohing and ahhing is inappropriate.
Christmas?
Bah! Humbug!
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Oohing and ahhing is completely appropriate, whether in excess or done sparingly.
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Una preciosa imagen del Halo de la luna en pleno Invierno, felicidades!!
http://www.astrosirius.orgGoogle Translate wrote:A beautiful image of the Moon Halo in winter, congratulations!
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