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Re: S/V ORION Part 5
[Re: BEERMAN]
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08/14/2017 06:14 PM
08/14/2017 06:14 PM
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GlennA
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That was a 22 degree lunar halo caused by high altitude ice crystals. The halo appears to cover 22 degrees of the sky because as the moonlight is refracted at a 21.85 degree angle by the hexagonal ice crystals.
(Probably more information than you wanted.) <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Grin.gif" alt="" />
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