The Moon just now in the UK. No idea what is creating the halo

  • skeletorfw@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yeah that’s the one! Only seen it once (coinciding with a supermoon which was frankly surreal).

    Coronas are a bit different I believe, though another one of the same group. I’ve always just called them their individual names, with coronas being tighter and more spectrally-distorting than halos. Maybe the only other collective name I’ve heard would be the minimally descriptive “atmospheric phenomenon” but that’s no fun at all.

    Edit: Just took a brief look and indeed coronas are related but formed by refraction through water droplets rather than ice crystals! Cool to know!