Sky Phenomenon

[David1952]

Sky image.jpg (96.37 KiB) Viewed 754 times

I saw this phenomenon in the sky last evening, 27 Aug, at 2020hrs.

I would guess it is some sort of refraction effect. The sun of off to the right of the picture, say 20deg away

Any ideas

David

[stella]

It's a parhelion or 'Sun dog'.

A 22° ring around the Sun, brightest at elevation equal to that of the Sun.
Called a 'dog' because it follows its master (the Sun) as it traverses the sky.

[David1952]

Stella,

Many thanks. Its good to see something new even for an "over 60"!

David

[David Frydman]

. This halo phenomenon is very common.
I see it about 50 times a year.
sometimes it is so bright that it lacks colour and looks like a second and sometimes a third sun.

And the 22° halo usually a partial ring is almost as common.

There are many different types of Halo and the corona is also nice.

Regards David