Moon Halo

[Matty P (Matt)]

By chance, I decided to have a peek out the window last night to see what the weather was like and I happen to spot a Halo around the Moon at around 10pm.

It was a lovely sight that I have never personally seen before. I quickly grabbed the camera and set it up on a tripod. I captured a couple of shots and headed back inside. I had another peak outside again about 15 minutes later and the Halo had disappeared.

Jupiter was just on the outside of the Halo at the bottom right of the image. I am also very happy that I was able to capture some background stars as well.

All taken with my Canon 450D a tripod, 20 second exposure at ISO200. Reduced to 1000px in PS.

[bindibadgi]

Beautiful. I was staring at it myself.

I got my two year old son to have a look as well. All he had to say was "WOW ... Where's Orion?" lol.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Hi Matty

Yes, Halo visible here in Albury - it was fantastic! Great shot - please submit to Space Weather.

Cheers Petra

[Matty P (Matt)]

Thanks Bindibadgi and Petra.

It was definitely a great sight. I still have a few images left that I need to go through but here is one I just finished processing.

A close up of Jupiter and the Halo.

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Hi Matty

This is brilliant! Make sure you submit it to Space Weather!

Cheers Petra d.

[Matty P (Matt)]

Originally Posted by spacezebra

Hi Matty

This is brilliant! Make sure you submit it to Space Weather!

Cheers Petra d.

Will Do.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

Great shot Matty! Hope you get it published on SpaceWeather!

Cheers,
Stephen

[cookie8 (Vincent)]

Its a wonderful shot Matty.How lucky you! Halo,Scorpius,Jupiter and the lot. Well done. What focal length did you use?

Vincent

[Matty P (Matt)]

Originally Posted by cookie8

Its a wonderful shot Matty.How lucky you! Halo,Scorpius,Jupiter and the lot. Well done. What focal length did you use?

Vincent

Hi Vincent,

From memory the focal length I used was 18mm on the standard 18-55mm Canon lens.

[Matty P (Matt)]

Here is another image.

[madtuna (Steve)]

Very nice capture Matty! I was out looking at it and it didn't even cross my mind to snap a pic...glad you did!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Nice shot, Matty. I like the way Scorpio curls around at the top of the halo!!!. Very surreal shot

[rollmebackagain]

that's amazing! I was just yesterday looking through a bunch of photos online of halos around the sun - so cool to see one around the moon.

That second one you posted really shows how even though Jupiter looks a lot like a bright star with the naked eye, it's definitely got a much bigger angular diameter when you zoom in on it!

any chance I could get the full res photo? (I promise only for personal use!)

[Matty P (Matt)]

Thanks guys,

rollmebackagain, send me a PM with your email address and I will hapilly send you the Hi Res version.

[TrevorW]

Great shot !!!

[Tamtarn]

Just caught up with your post today.

What a great shot Moon halo, Jupiter and Scorpius all in one. Terrific capture Matty.

[Jen]

Nice pics Matty