Yet another 22 degree solar halo. I saw this one while at work about three weeks ago. It was a complete circle (but too big for the camera lens) and bright. I took the following shot with the sun placed behind the power pole.
The high, thin, ice crystal clouds were courtesy of Superstorm Sandy. Yes, even here in western Tennessee we saw cloud bands from the massive storm. I didn’t see any Sundogs (also called Mock Suns or Parhelia) at the time I took this shot but about an hour later there were two very bright ones, one on each side of the Sun, just outside the halo. Unfortunately, I did not get a picture of them as the battery in my camera went dead after I took the shot above.
I have also uploaded six more sketches to the Galaxy Groups & Clusters page. One of the best of these six is the Additional Galaxy Group #49 (also known as the NGC 7433 Group) shown below (click on the pic for a closer view.)
