10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARASELENIC»
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paraselenic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and ...
... and these circles are described in special treatises, the former under the name
of the concentric circle, and the second under that of the paraselenic circle, they
nevertheless presented an appearance sufliciently singular to be remarked.
Although this phaenomenou belongs to the class of halos, and these circles are
described in special treatises, the former under the name of the concentric circle,
and the second under that of the paraselenic circle, they nevertheless presented
...
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The American Practical Navigator - Bowditch
Also called MOCK MOON. paraselenic circle. A halo consisting of a faint white
circle through the moon and parallel to the horizon. It is produced by reflection of
moonlight from vertical faces of ice crystals. A similar circle through the sun is ...
Nathaniel Bowditch, National Imagery and Mapping Agency,
2002
Harrv V. Myers, observer, Moline, 111., noted at 5 a. m., February 8, ;1933, both
paraselenae of 22°; the 22° halo, a portion of the 46° halo, the circumzenithal
halo, a portion of the paraselenic circle, the moon pillar, and a cross through the ...
5
Rainbows, Halos, and Glories
If we are to be precise with language, I suppose we should refer to the circle
about the moon as the paraselenic circle (all the names that involve the Greek,
helios, for the sun have their counterpart using selene for the moon; for example
...
6
Tombs, Despoiled and Haunted: "under-textures" and ...
... death, and hierarchy; his mother; "a boy about his own age," as proxy
contemporary self, having taken Marius's own "filial place"; and the "thought of
the father he had scarcely known" (that paraselenic malingerer about Olympian
thresholds, ...
7
American Practical Navigator
Also called MOCK MOON. paraselenic circle. A halo consisting of a faint white
circle through the moon and parallel to the horizon. It is produced by reflection of
moonlight from vertical faces of ice crystals. A similar circle through the sun is ...
Paraselenic circle. — (See Parhelic circle.) Parhelic circle. — A halo consisting of
a white circle passing through the sun and parallel to the horizon. A similar
phenomenon in connection with the moon is called a paraselenic circle.
Parhelion ...
9
The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada ...
It may be well to summarize the eleven separate phenomena which appear on fig
. 1. (1) Paraselenic circle — a white circle, parallel to the horizon and at the same
elevation as the moon. (2) Paraselenae of 22° (3) Paraselenae of 46° (4) ...
The paraselenic circle was complete, and beautifully contrasted with the dark sky.
It was 1£° broad opposite the moon, and grew narrower as it approached that
luminary. It could be traced almost up to the moon's disk. At 8 p.m. the halo of 22°
...
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The good thing about cold weather? Some amazing sky phenomenon. Michael Crawford sends along this excellent example of a paraselenic ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Mar 15»