Lunar Halo And Moon Dogs is a photograph by Royal Astronomical Society which was uploaded on August 4th, 2016.
Lunar Halo And Moon Dogs
Lunar halo and moon dogs (paraselene), 19th-century illustration. These optical phenomena are caused by the refraction (bending) of moonlight by ice... more
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Lunar Halo And Moon Dogs
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Lunar halo and moon dogs (paraselene), 19th-century illustration. These optical phenomena are caused by the refraction (bending) of moonlight by ice crystals in cirrostratus clouds or fog. Observed from Stone Vicarage, Buckinghamshire, UK, by Swiss astronomer Vincent Fasel on 23 March 1853. Fasel worked at the Stone Observatory, Hartwell, from 1847 to 1853. Artwork from 'The Cycle of Celestial Objects continued at the Hartwell Observatory to 1859' (1860) by British astronomer William Henry Smyth (1788-1865).
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