there was a kind of rainbow inside a cloud caused by the moon tonight

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there was a kind of rainbow inside a cloud caused by the moon tonight

Post by vichug » Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:19 pm

...and i don't know what it's called :) Is that a moondog ? or a moonbow ? knowing that the diffracted light was only visible in a large and thin foggy cloud, probably high in the atmosphere ?

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Re: there was a kind of rainbow inside a cloud caused by the moon tonight

Post by geckzilla » Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:39 pm

Did it look circular? https://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/circmoon.htm

If not, try looking around atoptics to see if you can find what you saw.
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Re: there was a kind of rainbow inside a cloud caused by the moon tonight

Post by vichug » Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:42 pm

it was possibly an arc of that circle, because the cloud was under the moon, not right in front of it. Thanks, i'll look :)

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