Circle round the moon?

[rynnor]

Looking at the moon tonight I saw a circle of light around the moon (some distance away - best described if you look at a cd or dvd - the inner circle would be the moon and the outer edge would be about the right place for the circle).

Any ideas? I've seen pink moons etc from air pollution but this ones new to me...

 

[Chilly]

dirty windows?

 

[~Yuckfou~]

Looking at the moon tonight I saw a circle of light around the moon (some distance away - best described if you look at a cd or dvd - the inner circle would be the moon and the outer edge would be about the right place for the circle).

Any ideas? I've seen pink moons etc from air pollution but this ones new to me...

I saw that a few weeks ago, probably best described as a halo. About 3/4 times the diameter of the moon.

 

[ECA]

Aliens building their moon base to destroy us all.

 

[Will]

A 22° lunar halo. Very pretty they are too.

 

[~Yuckfou~]

A 22° lunar halo. Very pretty they are too.

That's it, didn't have a camera with me, but it was awesome.

 

[Dukat]

A 22° lunar halo. Very pretty they are too.

ohhh uber linkage beat me to it, yea was going to say its got something to do with the clouds Think ECA's explanation is the best though

Seen it a couple of times before i think, looks rather cool

 

[Will]

I've seen sundogs a few times when cycling, and looked them up. I was pretty sure this was something similar.

 

[Garaen]

I saw it tonight also, very pretty indeed.

 

[rynnor]

Cheers guys - it looked pretty cool too - just like in the picture actually.

 

[Wij]

Who wants an astronomy forum !!? \o/

 

[Sissyfoo]

That's no moon ...