Does anyone else have a view of the moon and it's halo the last three nights?

[Christo888]

I am curious how widespread the view of moon halo's are, so can anyone else see the moon halo either tonight or the last few nights?

http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/

[Jonah]

Hey man ya.. i'm in cal... total ring around the moon last couple night...

moon rays seems to form some kind of effect on the clouds... very cool:smoke:

[Spregovori]

There are clouds and fog here almost non-stop for more than a month :(

But very early this morning (or i was actually still night time) during my bathroom break (i somehow always wake up) i saw this very bright light coming from behind the clouds. The moon was setting i think (judging by the position) but the light it was giving away was truly bright.

[Christo888]

Hey man ya.. i'm in cal... total ring around the moon last couple night...

moon rays seems to form some kind of effect on the clouds... very cool:smoke:

Sup man!! I was wondering if the moon halo phenomenon holds any merit... the link above claims the halo forecasts weather moving in and depending on how many stars are in the ring determines how many days away the bad weather is. Looks like two stars in the halo but no bad weather on the way? Super cool looking though!!:thumb_yello:

[Phtha]

Yea! I noticed that here the last few nights, to cloudy tonight to see it though... I'm a little surprised you see it down in Cali as well.

Yesterday and the day before there was a massive halo surrounding it, even when it was a cloudless sky. The moon also 'reddened' near by clouds when they were in the sky, especially as it neared the horizon.

I didn't take any pics of it, but here are some pics I snapped a few days ago of clouds with these rainbow colours inside them. I've been noticing these quite often the last few years or so, they appear in the daytime when the sun hits them. The camera does not pick up all the colours, and the colours that the camera does pick up are not as vivid as when viewed with the naked eye.... have you ever noticed these?

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/cloudcolours1.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/cloudcolours.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/cloudcolours2.jpg

[Mercuriel]

While I would like to give You news that the Rainbow Colors You are seeing in the Clouds are Benign - I cannot in all good conscience, do so...

The reason why We're seeing Rainbow Colors in the Clouds nowadays is because of all of the Barium and Aluminum Oxide being dispersed by Project S.H.I.E.L.D. - Formerly, Operation Cloverleaf since 1998 approx.

This Rainbow effect is caused by refraction of the Sun's rays through these Chemicals (A Prism-like effect that is) which now lace most Cloud formations Worldwide...

:shocked:

[Phtha]

Thats was my first and best guess to Mercuriel. :mad3:
I've seen many chembows in the chemtrail clouds when they hit the Sun at the right angle. They do look quite different then when in natural clouds though.

I also wondered if chemicals were the cause of the moon halo these last few days, I've seen massive chemhalos around the Sun in the day after heavy spraying.

[Christo888]

I have only seen small little smidgens of rainbow clouds over the years... but I was just looking at this video. I can't tell if it is valid for that time period stated on the video though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKMTSDzU1Z4&feature=player_embedded

That sucks about the chems in the clouds:thumbdown:

[Firstlook]

I just looked at the moon with a pair of regular binoculars. WOW.

Its is so clear. I cant remember the last time i seen it so bright and detailed.


peace:original:

[JudgeMental]

HUGE round halo around the moon miles and miles across. Can totally verify that. Similar to this photo I Googled.

[Christo888]

HUGE round halo around the moon miles and miles across. Can totally verify that. Similar to this photo I Googled.

Never mind I see you pasted it from google...:original:

[Firedrake]

I havent seen many, but this was the biggest halo ive seen in kirksville, Mo tonight.

At least twice as big as the google picture.

:thumb_yello:

[Kulapops]

You might like to know that tonight, around 9pm GMT, Mars will be very close to the full moon - about a fist's width...and is quite close to the Earth at 65 million miles. Not as close as in 2003 apparently, but will still be very bright and red.

Get scanning for martians !

In any case, if any of you have an SLR camera and a telephoto lens, it should make for good pictures, so I've read...Get those binoculars out!

Happy stargazing,

K

[Neo]

I've seen that halo many times here in oz, mostly on perfectly clear nights. Next time I do see it I'll get a pic with my SLR

[WiNaDeYo]

It was completely cloudless last night here in northern Italy, and, yes, I too noticed the huge halo around the moon. I have never seen the halo with a diameter so broad! Two nights ago its halo was much smaller, but it was giving off red hues on the inner side of the halo itself.

This morning the sky was clear and we got some sunshine finally, but now it has completely gone cloudy and looks like it could snow anytime!

Here's info on the full moon from spaceweather.com:
BIGGEST FULL MOON OF THE YEAR: If you think tonight's Moon looks unusually big, you're right. It's the biggest full Moon of 2010. Astronomers call it a "perigee Moon," some 14% wider and 30% brighter than lesser full Moons of the year.


Johannes Kepler explained the phenomenon 400 years ago. The Moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle but an ellipse, with one side 50,000 km closer to Earth than the other. Astronomers call the point of closest approach "perigee," and that is where the Moon will be Friday night through Saturday morning: diagram.

A good time to look is around sunset when the Moon is near the eastern horizon. At that time, illusion mixes with reality to produce a truly stunning view. For reasons not fully understood by psychologists, low-hanging Moons look unnaturally large when they beam through foreground objects such as buildings and trees. Why not let the "Moon illusion" amplify a full Moon that's extra-big to begin with? The swollen orb rising in the east may seem close enough to touch.

And what's that bright orange star right beside the Moon? Read on...

IT'S MARS! In a coincidence of celestial proportions, the Moon and Mars are having close encounters with Earth at the same time. Moreover, the two will spend Friday night gliding across the sky side-by-side. It's a must-see event: sky map.

Readers with backyard telescopes should train their optics on Mars. It looks bigger through a telescope now than at any time between 2008 and 2014. Pete Lawrence of Selsey, UK, photographed the Red Planet on Jan. 26th using his 14-inch Celestron:

[5thElement]

Halos around the moon all week here when it has been visible - NW US coast.
I always thought it meant that it was going to be a very cold night but that hasn't proven to be true this week.

*fingers crossed* for clear skies for tonights show :original:

El

[hippihillbobbi]

I definitely saw it here last night too (Knoxville -- East Tennessee) it was lovely! I was afraid that the halo may have been a result of pollution, though. that thought does tend to spoil the view, somewhat at least. i'm gonna look again tonight, though, and try to see Mars, i guess. is it possible without binoculars or a telescope to detect it, do ya think??

hippihillbobbi

[Majorion]

I just looked at the moon with a pair of regular binoculars. WOW.

Its is so clear. I cant remember the last time i seen it so bright and detailed.


peace:original:

The Moon is absolutely breathtaking tonight.

At least from my location that is.

[5thElement]

If your skies are clear, Mars will be easily viewed by the naked eye:thumb_yello:


http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2010/images/mars/skymap_north_29jan10.gif

It will be right next to the moon.

El

[kriya]

The Moon is absolutely breathtaking tonight.

At least from my location that is.

Yes I agree. Driving home from work about 5pm, it was still low in the sky, full and huge.

Beautiful:thumb_yello:

[illuminate]

tonight's full moon is suppose to be the biggest and brightest of the year,
I will take a pic of my view tonight and post it tomorrow.

this was from the last full moon, shot without a telephoto lens and
not so steady hands, but the aura is nice

http://i908.photobucket.com/albums/ac288/illuminate_photos/moon.jpg

[lightblue]

I am in the UK and I have never seen it BRIGHTER and CLEARER...almost surreal...this was minutes ago on my way back home and there i find this thread..it's quite big too (like in the summer months), as if it's come off its orbit and it's heading our way..hope that's not possible.

[Firstlook]

The Moon is absolutely breathtaking tonight.

At least from my location that is.

:thumb_yello: And where would that be?

Are you in orbit?:wink2:


tonight's full moon is suppose to be the biggest and brightest of the year,
I will take a pic of my view tonight and post it tomorrow.

this was from the last full moon, shot without a telephoto lens and
not so steady hands, but the aura is nice



I shall do the same.:original:

[Majorion]

:thumb_yello: And where would that be?

Are you in orbit?:wink2:

Right about here :original:

http://i462.photobucket.com/albums/qq348/majorion/ISD_highres_AS15_AS15-88-12013.png

[Phtha]

Wow nice colours you captured in your photo Illum. :thumb_yello:

The clouds cleared up a bit for me last night so I had a great view of the moon, but the Halo was so big that even with the standard 18-55 mill lens I coudn't get the Halo and the moon in the picture! :lmao:

Tonight if its clear I'll get the stand out and try and snap a few steady pics as well.

I look forward to seeing everyones photos. :original:


tonight's full moon is suppose to be the biggest and brightest of the year,
I will take a pic of my view tonight and post it tomorrow.

this was from the last full moon, shot without a telephoto lens and
not so steady hands, but the aura is nice

[illuminate]

oh cool, it'll be nice to see everyone show their full moons :original:

and nice cloud shots Phtha! I take shots of the clouds and the moon
more than anything else... so much beauty in the sky and in nature.

~ one love ~

[lawyerforliberty]

Yea! I noticed that here the last few nights, to cloudy tonight to see it though... I'm a little surprised you see it down in Cali as well.

Yesterday and the day before there was a massive halo surrounding it, even when it was a cloudless sky. The moon also 'reddened' near by clouds when they were in the sky, especially as it neared the horizon.

I didn't take any pics of it, but here are some pics I snapped a few days ago of clouds with these rainbow colours inside them. I've been noticing these quite often the last few years or so, they appear in the daytime when the sun hits them. The camera does not pick up all the colours, and the colours that the camera does pick up are not as vivid as when viewed with the naked eye.... have you ever noticed these?

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/cloudcolours1.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/cloudcolours.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/cloudcolours2.jpg

I live in New Mexico USA and I did indeed notice the halo around the moon a few nights ago. Since then its been too cloudy to see. What struck me was how large, our as this post says, "massive" it was. I was so struck by the size of it I dragged my wife out to look at it. I cannot recall seeing a halo that large at any time before.

[lawyerforliberty]

HUGE round halo around the moon miles and miles across. Can totally verify that. Similar to this photo I Googled.

That's it. That is what I saw in New Mexico USA on or about 1/25/10, but the moon was about half full. A huge complete circle around a half-circle object.

[Firstlook]

Well I took my photo at around 4:30 am. I thought could get better detail but I overestimated my camera. lol. I dont use it much.

Anyways here is how I saw the moon this morning and last night. The brightest it will be all year......:trumpet::toot:

http://i46.tinypic.com/23sy7hl.jpg

[Stargazer1965]

I'm in the midwest and don't see any of the effects you guys are seeing.....On a cloudless night the other night ...nothing but a spectacular view of the craters on the moon

The clouds have no chembows.....I wonder what they are trying to enact or suppress out west??

[illuminate]

Well I took my photo at around 4:30 am. I thought could get better detail but I underestimated my camera. lol. I dont use it much.

Anyways here is how I saw the moon this morning and last night. The brightest it will be all year......:trumpet::toot:

http://i46.tinypic.com/23sy7hl.jpg


that's awesome, THX for posting it...
I unfortunately got hit with a snow storm last night and the sky was
covered with clouds, couldn't see the moon at all :sad:
bummer!

~ one love ~

[DoctorWho]

I'm in the midwest and don't see any of the effects you guys are seeing.....On a cloudless night the other night ...nothing but a spectacular view of the craters on the moon

Oddly, I'm in Central Illinois and I saw it two nights ago even with a very thin cloud cover in the upper atmosphere. The moon was at it's maximum height in the sky and the aura ring looked like it was miles away from the moon. Last night the cloud cover was thicker, so the detail was missing. You could see the moon as a diffused light source with no detail.
Bill "the Doctor"

[Phtha]

ahh shame... yea it was overcast where I was too during the perigee so I couldn't get any pics either. :tears:
I guess Mars wanted a little cover during his tryst with Luna. :das:

Here are some pics I snapped about 10 minutes ago of our Lady though. She is out pretty good tonight. Mars is still close by but not nearly close enough to get them in the same shot.


http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/IMG_0016.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/IMG_0017.jpg

[Christo888]

Hey Phtha sweet pics!!!! :thumb_yello:

[Firstlook]

ahh shame... yea it was overcast where I was too during the perigee so I couldn't get any pics either. :tears:
I guess Mars wanted a little cover during his tryst with Luna. :das:

Here are some pics I snapped about 10 minutes ago of our Lady though. She is out pretty good tonight. Mars is still close by but not nearly close enough to get them in the same shot.


http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/IMG_0016.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/IMG_0017.jpg

Now thats a picture of the moon!!:wub2:

[sunny D]

The halo was beautiful in Holland as well:thumb_yello:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_moon

[Stargazer1965]

Phtha...I was thinking about getting a telescope this spring....Do you have any suggestions??

Also...Have you heard of one with a usb for pic taking and programming the coordinates in and it track an object??

Thanks in advance

[Phtha]

Thanks guys!
Stargazer, that was actually taken with a Camera, a Rebel XTi. I was a little surprised at the clarity myself once I uploaded them on the PC...
I had a 70-300mm lense on, zoomed to the max of course. :)

It made me want to get a telescope too.




Phtha...I was thinking about getting a telescope this spring....Do you have any suggestions??

[Christo888]

Phtha, looking at your pics of the moon... it begins to look like the glow of city lights or undersurface city's instead of reflections of the sun.:lmfao:
:shocked:

[fossileyesed]

i missed this one as it was a little snowy the last few days.i take a lot of pics of everything but the winter is a little less photogenic.mildly bi polar,lol
so i've been taking mostly night shots of the stars and moon,planets and such.
i have an album with quite a few moon shots.i was looking for halo pics,i know i got some.i get side tracked really easy(add is a blessing in desguise)
when i'm looking at pictures,they speak better than words,lol
page two and three got the moon pics

http://www.projectavalon.net/forum/album.php?albumid=558

peace...kent

maybe it clears up tonight,lol

[Phtha]

Yah Christo888 it almost does look like she has her own light source. Even if she is illuminated 100% by the Sun, I was always fascinated by the way she glows like she does. Well... she is spot on with the rest of the fairer sex... shrouded in mystery.:wall: :lol3:

[Phtha]

Here is what she looks like tonight. Not quite a Full Moon.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/IMG_0006.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/IMG_0007.jpg

[aroundthetable]

i took this on my blackberry.

[Firstlook]

I took another one this morning. This time I did just a little better and also adjusted the brightness and contrast. I didnt mess with anything else like color or any other effects. Its still blury though. I'll work on getting a tri pod.

Peace:original:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2411csj.jpg

[Phtha]

Yea a tripod is pretty much a must for shooting anything celetial. You captured a really nice colour their on that last pic though! Are you using an SLR?
I took another one this morning. This time I did just a little better and also adjusted the brightness and contrast. I didnt mess with anything else like color or any other effects. Its still blury though. I'll work on getting a tri pod.

[illuminate]

wow, awesome shots!!!
THX so much for sharing :original:

~ one love ~

[Firstlook]

wow, awesome shots!!!
THX so much for sharing :original:

~ one love ~

Absolutely.:original: Heres hoping for more to come.:thumb_yello:

Yea a tripod is pretty much a must for shooting anything celetial. You captured a really nice colour their on that last pic though! Are you using an SLR?

I dont think so, but maybe.....I have a digital Canon Powershot A720 is.

I dont have the manual and it doesnt imply it on the actual camera. But from what I gather the shoot screen on is supposed to represent the actual view? IDK about this stuff yet.:sad:

I'll do some googling and figure out how to take the best shots I can. Any advice?


peace:original:

[morem]

Hello I thought I would share my picture of the moon I took last night with my 8mp cannon camara. This is in Chicago after several nights of cloud cover finally we get to see the moon. It was taken around 10:00 pm central time zone.

[Phtha]

Hi Firstlook, no the power shots are not SLR. I'm not familiar with the powershots, I have used one before... but can't remember if you can adjust the aperture or ISO settings. I'm pretty sure this is for SLR only.
If you can though... for taking shots of Luna, I find it best to set ISO to lowest possible (100 in my case) and then keep playing with the aperture settings until she looks quite dark in the resulting picture. That way her details come out the best as they are not hidden by her glow.
And adjusting the levels after is a must, to bring out all her detials.

Here are a few Lunapics taken last year while she was in full bloom:

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/IMG_0548.jpg
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb50/Iysun77/IMG_0585.jpg



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[Firstlook]

Phtha,

Thanks. I do have ISO (80-1600). Im gonna download the manual too.


Those are great shots!! Gives me something to shoot for.:thumb_yello:

Thanks again.


peace:original:

[Firstlook]

I'm reading a book right now at the library called "Many Moons" by Diana Brueton. Its nothing too dedicated to a particular area on the moon. It talks about different cultural myths about the moon, some mainstream science, rituals (pagan, Greek, even some common beliefs from the states). Mentions some scared sites such as stone hedge and Avebury.

Overall, I find it very fascinating. Mostly because I dont know that much about Luna.

Just thought I'd recommend it for others like me who want to see a BASIC and BROAD look at the subject.


ok

peace:original: