| 词条 | Moon dog |
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A moon dog, moondog, or mock moon,[1] (scientific name paraselene,[1] plural paraselenae, meaning "beside the moon") is a relatively rare bright circular spot on a lunar halo caused by the refraction of moonlight by hexagonal-plate-shaped ice crystals in cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.[2] Moon dogs appear as part of the 22° halo, roughly 10 Moon diameters outside the Moon.[3] They are exactly analogous to sun dogs, but are rarer because the Moon must be bright, about quarter moon or more, for the moon dogs to be observed. Moon dogs show little color to the unaided human eye because their light is not bright enough to activate the cone cells. See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Definition of paraselene|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/paraselene|work=Collins English Dictionary}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dog Moon}}{{Optics-stub}}{{Climate-stub}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Lisle|first=Jason|title=The Stargazer's Guide to the Night Sky|pages=83}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Lisle|first=Jason|title=The Stargazer's Guide to the Night Sky|pages=83}} 1 : Atmospheric optical phenomena |
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