Lunar Corona

Date: 02.03.2007 Time: 18:30 Exposure: 1/4s
Field: 16^o x 10^o Camera: Nikon D200 Filter: none
Optics: f=85mm, 1/2.8 Place: Tübingen, Germany Observer: Till Credner

Date:	02.03.2007	Time:	18:30	Exposure:	1/4s
Field:	16^o x 10^o	Camera:	Nikon D200	Filter:	none
Optics:	f=85mm, 1/2.8	Place:	Tübingen, Germany	Observer:	Till Credner

The shown image is one frame of the entire time lapse movie that consists of about 700 frames, one taken each 2s. Thin clouds with water droplets of similar sizes create this ringed moon.

See also:
Moon corona with additional rings
M.G.J. Minnaert: "Light and Color in the Outdoors", Springer-Verlag
R. Greenler: "Rainbows, Halos, and Glories", Cambridge University Press
L. Cowley: "Atmospheric Optics" web site about corona