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Ring around Moon

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  • 07-02-2009 11:43pm
    #1
    Whattheheck
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    Dont know where is the right place to post this but here will do:D

    Take a look at the ring around the moon now. It is just incredible:eek:


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    Min
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    Its a sign of a change in the weather.

    The bigger the ring, the nearer the change.


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    ScarlettOHara
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    Fiddle-dee-dee I don't see anything


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    MayoForSam
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    Ice particles in the upper atmosphere: http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonring/

    Front approaching from the west, high clouds moving in, meeting cold air and could mean snow for some of us ;).


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    The tax man
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    Whattheheck wrote: »
    Dont know where is the right place to post this but here will do:D

    Astronomy/Space forum would've been the right place.
    Whattheheck wrote: »
    Take a look at the ring around the moon now. It is just incredible:eek:

    Looks perfectly normal to me,no ring whatsoever.:confused:
    Extremely bright though.


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    Min
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    There is a ring around the moon in Kilkenny.


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    Mr Benevolent
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    There is a very faint ring - you have to use your peripheral vision to see it.


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    Whattheheck
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    Just had another look and it is gone now. As I said above it was incredible and it really dominated the sky.
    P.S. Based in Donegal.


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    Pangea
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    Yes i seen it , I heard before that it was a sign of bad weather or a storm and it usually was true.


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    greysides
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    Very wide ring around moon here currently.

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    [Deleted User]
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    I googled Ring around moon, yep, in folklore its a sign of bad weather snow or rain...


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    popebenny16
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    i saw it too in tipperary at about 2 am, it was massive, dominated the sky. never seen that before.


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    squonk
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    Saw it in Skerries last night about 11ish. They're fairly common. think this is the right place for it. It's not an astronomical phenomina, just a meteorological one.


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    mickger
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    Saw it too in Waterford last night, was wonderful to see.


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    AdamB
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    Saw this myself last night from west Waterford. Took a few photos.

    f41bffcd31ac9133db270506c7fd2f8b_275.jpg

    newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=58962646

    Adam.


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    Panda
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    i took a pic of it happening before as well,
    always wondered what it was, have a gawk here if yer interested.

    http://pix.ie/whatchamacallit/662865/size/800


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