mock sun
Americannoun
noun
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At each point of contact occurs a parhelion which is a mock sun of brilliant colors and called a sun-dog.
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Several mock suns were observed, and on December 18th an eclipse of the moon occurred, during which this luminary was surrounded by a transparent circle, within which was a cross quartering the moon.
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Beyond that again is a lens which throws an enlarged image of the aperture on the screen, which we may call our mock sun.
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Sometimes the Aurora Borealis would flash up still further northward; and sometimes Aurora Parhelia—mock suns and mock moons—would appear in varied beauty in the starry sky.
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Sometimes 'mock suns' known as parhelia appear at certain points along the rings.
From Scientific American
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