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did anyone see the halo around the moon?

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18 years 10 months ago #20036 by stepryan
ladies and gents,
when i was setting up my etx to test out this evening i noticed a halo around the moon it was fully 360 degrees around the moon. i got my 300d out and took a few pictures of about 5 secs. they were not great but i messed with the best one i had to see if i could bring it out. i tried to point it out on the photo with a red arrow. it is below the moon near the bottom of the picture. the standard lens was not wide enough to try to record the full thing so i tried to record the brightest part i could see at the bottom.
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18 years 10 months ago #20040 by Attitude_adjuster
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yes , there was a very wide halo around the moon , seen from my place,
very bright night too

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18 years 10 months ago #20042 by whyulittle
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I was walking into town at 9:40 and saw it alright, was very impressive looking. Radius twice the distance between the Moon and Mars.

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18 years 10 months ago #20047 by martinastro
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Yes it was a real stunner. Took a few images..see thread. :D

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coruscations attending the whole length of the luminosity, giving to the phenomena the aspect of a wrathful messenger, and not that of a tranquil body pursuing a harmless course..comet of 1680

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18 years 10 months ago #20056 by Seanie_Morris
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Not a bad shot Stephen. If you had the camera on a tripod for that shot, it would have been nice, what with Mars encompassed by the halo too!

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18 years 10 months ago #20058 by stepryan
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Not a bad shot Stephen. If you had the camera on a tripod for that shot, it would have been nice, what with Mars encompassed by the halo too!

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seanie,
it was.
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