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Also visible were a range of other effects, including parhelia - or sun dogs - which appear as bright patches either side of the sun.

From BBC • May 29, 2023

Hal′oscope, an instrument exhibiting the phenomena connected with halos, parhelia, &c.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

Clear weather followed the gale, and we had a series of mock suns and parhelia.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir

Sundogs, or parhelia, as they are technically known, are caused by ice particles reflecting a diffused light.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

The weather in the wintertime is generally bright and clear; sometimes there are fogs, and hoar frost, which encrusts the trees with the most beautiful crystals: parhelia and aurora borealis are frequently seen.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp