The 1 September complex display had one more interesting part that is worth a separate posting. This is the blue spot on the parhelic circle, which can be observed only at Sun elevations lower than 32°. When my photos were taken, the Sun was exactly that high, and it was slowly sinking. The blue spot changes its position with solar altitude. When the Sun is 5° high, the blue spot is at 115° azimuth and only 2° long. At solar elevations of 30-32°, it is almost opposite the Sun in the anthelic region, reaching 180° azimuth and 10° length. This means that the blue spot was in its longest phase when the images were taken.

The simulation was made with HaloSim.

Teljes méretű képek eredeti és kikontrasztolt változatban:
Full-size images in theor original and unsharp-masked versions:
( 1a - 1b , 2a - 2b , 3a - 3b )
4 comments:
у нас 1 сентября только паргелий был.
добавил у себя сообщение о Halo Meeting 2009. могу повесить постоянный банер, толко нужна картинка поменьше, не такая длинная.
Many thanks for linking the meeting. I hope you can come, and even bring others :)
сложно.. визу делать как-то нужно, хотя время еще много, может быть и получится
I don't know if I understand it correctly. Do you need a visa to come to Hungary? :(
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