[Honor Wheeler]

Indeed the phenomenon in Sue’s image is a Circumscribed Halo, nice capture but Stan’s image shows the Circumscribed halo as well but the white circle around the zenith is a Parhelic Circle. A full Parhelic circle is not a common phenomenon to witness in the UK usually only a portion is seen when a 22° Halo and Parhelia or Sundog are seen. The rarest, and I think the most spectacular halo to see in the UK, is a Horizontal Arc. Good luck seeing Horizontal arc in all the years I’ve been observing I’ve only ever seen a tiny portion of one. Atmospheric optics expert Les Cowley used to run a comprehensive atmospheric phenomenon website but alas only specific pages of it can be located during an online search.

[Honor Wheeler]

Indeed a thoroughly enjoyable weekend, thanks to all involved and excellent lectures all.

[Honor Wheeler]

As Simon and John have said this years Winchester weekend was excellent. Well done to those who put such hard work into making the weekend such a success. Great speakers, interesting topics and informative ideas, such a shame it didn’t last longer! Looking forward to 2023!

[Honor Wheeler]

Finally a comet that has remained, so far, intact (Sorry Nick 😉 Great to see a naked eye comet in the sky albeit just the core but it was worth staying awake for. Apart from the comet I also saw the ISS flypast of Venus, the Jupiter, Saturn & Moon conjunction, Mars and a rather pleasing Sunrise. 

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