several years ago, during monsoon, once saw a halo or more to say a
circular rainbow, in afternoon when sun was just overhead, it had
just stopped raining and sun peeping through hole in clouds... no
camera then :(

On Fri, 9 May 2008 06:19:07 -0700 (PDT)
S.Sanath Kumar wrote:

> WTF Halos in Delhi
> Dude thats some thing unheard off. I have seen it only in cold
> weather
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chander Devgun
> To: amateur_astronomy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 1:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [AAAD " tHe bOhEmIaNs"] Halo around sun sighted
> today
>
>
> Hi all,
> Watch the pics of halo around the sun at
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/devgun
> more will be uploaded on space gallery soon.
>
> regards
> CB
> --- In amateur_astronomy@yahoogroups.com, Vikrant Narang
> <vikrant_narang@...> wrote:
> >
> > Just a routine and mundane glance towards the sky to check the
> wether for a Space Club observation this evening proved very
> useful, when I spotted the 22deg halo around the Sun (from my
> home in west delhi). It was around 10:45 AM in the morning, the
> sun was hidden behind a building from my point of view and hence
> the glare was minimum. The halo was red on the inside, blue on
> the outside and the inside of the circle was significantly darker
> than the outside. I quickly checked extended my fist to measure
> the radius of the circle, i could fit about two fists. So it
> sould be about 20degrees in radius. There were no sun dogs.
> > Quick reporting and checking with friends and collegues in and
> around delhi showed that the Halo was visible from Gurgaon, East
> Delhi and Central Delhi and Rohini.
> > The halo has almost faded as I write this. SPACE has taken some
> beautiful pictures, CB should be posting them soon.
> > :)
> > Vikrant
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Chander Devgun <chanderdevgun@...>
> > To: amateur_astronomy@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Friday, 9 May, 2008 11:29:50 AM
> > Subject: [AAAD " tHe bOhEmIaNs"] Halo around sun sighted today
> >
> > Hi,
> > SPACE members just saw the halo around the sun. It was a sight
> > to
> watch
> > the sun with a 22 degrees halo around it.
> >
> > regards
> > CB
> >
> >
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