[AZ-Observing] Re: NGC6357 - last night

  • From: Rick Tejera <saguaroastro@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 18:46:58 -0700

You look like ET flying home. :)

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Rick Tejera
Editor, SACnews
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
K7TEJ

On Jul 8, 2010, at 18:40, "Jimmy Ray" <jimmy_ray@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> See my ,"Me on Cloud"  shot which I took from my ultralight while flying
> over a cloud. If you look close you can see quite a bit of detail of the
> aircraft and myself in the middle of the  glory. The link is below:
> 
> http://picasaweb.google.com/JimmyRay.AstroPix/Astro_Pix#
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Jimmy Ray
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Orman
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 6:03 PM
> To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: NGC6357 - last night
> 
> Two more good reference books on glories and other atmospheric phenomena are
> 
> "Color and Light in Nature" by David K. Lynch and William Livingston, and 
> "Light and Color in the Outdoors" by Marcel Minnaert.  I highly recommend 
> both.
> 
> --Joe
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne (aka Mr. Galaxy)"
> To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 9:17 AM
> Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: NGC6357 - last night
> 
> 
> I don't know whether anyone has replied to your "unexplained phenomenon" 
> video image, but the bright spot in your image is what's called a Glory. 
> There is a good book called "Rainbows, Haloes, and Glories" which talks 
> about the effect.
> 
> 
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