Halo around the sun and.....
May 28, 2018 12:14:16 #
gjgallager
Loc: North Central CT & Space Coast Florida
I took these pics on May 10, 2018 at 1:08pm EDT while poolside at our condo in Florida (Merritt Island). There was a thin haze at what I believe was a low altitude and when I looked up I saw a large ring or halo around the sun. I took these 3 photos with my cell phone while lying on my back. The strange halo was the main reason for taking the pictures, but when I looked at them later on my computer screen I saw an even stranger small object travelling across the sun. Any comments on both subjects would be welcome.
May 28, 2018 12:20:39 #
tbsteph
Loc: Ohio
Likely a planet such as Mars or Jupiter. I'm sure someone with more knowledge of astronomy can say for sure. ):.
May 28, 2018 12:24:43 #
When you take pictures into the sun, you can sometimes get that blue orb looking thing. I see it in my own pictures as well as others.
May 28, 2018 15:33:06 #
Time wise it could be a satelite or airoplane at altitude. an eclipse lasts about 40 min so it wasnt a planet.
May 28, 2018 15:59:05 #
The left-right angle in each picture is different, so I would suspect flare.
May 29, 2018 07:20:08 #
May 29, 2018 09:45:19 #
LA
Loc: Little Rock, AR
Not space station, which was over Africa at the time. Not Mars or Jupiter, which never pass between Earth and Sun...their orbits are bigger. Not an aircraft, because it travels much farther in 4 sec (time between 1st and 2nd pics) than it does in 18 sec (time between 2nd and 3rd). Flare is a good guess...if so, it's just chance that it appears to be moving left to right.
The halo is 22 deg across and is caused by ice crystals in cirrus clouds.
The halo is 22 deg across and is caused by ice crystals in cirrus clouds.
May 29, 2018 12:55:05 #
Lens internal reflections of the sun, when they happen always occur so that a line between them intersects the sun. I suspect that ,due to the brightness of the sun, your camera was stopped down to a tiny aperture opening , thus the smaller than normal size of the internal lens reflections. You apparently moved the camera a bit between exposures. It's not a physical object at all, just internal reflections in the lens.
May 29, 2018 13:03:44 #
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