"Halo Waxing Gibbous Moon And Orange Giant Aldebaran Conjunction"
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2018 9:54 am
"Halo Waxing Gibbous Moon And Orange Giant Aldebaran Conjunction"
Copyright : Vishal Sharma
Dated : 27 January 2018
Location : Sector 120, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Lat Long : 28.588052, 77.394905
Explanation: When Moon in Waxing Gibbous phase meets Orange Giant star Aldebaran along with the blanket of micro ice-crystals presented in in the upper Troposphere on 27 January 2018. The faded ring around the Moon is caused by the refraction of Moonlight from the tiny ice-crystals.Due to intense level of pollution, moon halo is a very rare phenomena in densely populated Metropolitan cities like Noida in National Capital Region (NCR) of India. You can see the Orange Giant Star-Aldebaran along with some stars in the constellation of Taurus on the top-right corner of the image.
Copyright : Vishal Sharma
Dated : 27 January 2018
Location : Sector 120, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Lat Long : 28.588052, 77.394905
Explanation: When Moon in Waxing Gibbous phase meets Orange Giant star Aldebaran along with the blanket of micro ice-crystals presented in in the upper Troposphere on 27 January 2018. The faded ring around the Moon is caused by the refraction of Moonlight from the tiny ice-crystals.Due to intense level of pollution, moon halo is a very rare phenomena in densely populated Metropolitan cities like Noida in National Capital Region (NCR) of India. You can see the Orange Giant Star-Aldebaran along with some stars in the constellation of Taurus on the top-right corner of the image.
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