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3 unusual facts about 120° parhelion


Liljequist parhelion

A Liljequist parhelion is a rare halo, an optical phenomenon appearing on the parhelic circle approximately 150–160° from the sun between a 120° parhelion and the anthelion (opposite to the sun at the antisolar point).

Parhelic circle

While parhelic circles are generally white in colour because they are produced by reflection, they can however show a bluish or greenish tone near the 120° parhelia and be reddish or deep violet along the fringes.

Subhelic arc

The ray leave the crystal in the exact opposite angle, resulting in a net deviation angle of 120°, the angle for the formation of 120° parhelia.


120 Tage

120 Tage - The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence is an electro-industrial studio collaboration between German musicians Mona Mur and En Esch (of KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot).

120-pounder Whitworth naval gun

The 120-pounder Whitworth naval gun was designed by Joseph Whitworth during the 1860s.

1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck

The 1975 Tasman Bridge disaster in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when a bridge was hit by a 7,000 ton bulk carrier, causing a 400 foot section of roadway to fall 120 feet into the river below.

328th Armament Systems Wing

The wing performed cradle-to-grave management of air dominance weapon system programs, including the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), AIM-9X Follow-on Sidewinder, High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Targeting System, Miniature Air Launched Decoy, and aerial target systems.

Advanced Audio Coding

AAC supports inclusion of 48 full-bandwidth (up to 96 kHz) audio channels in one stream plus 16 low frequency effects (LFE, limited to 120 Hz) channels, up to 16 "coupling" or dialog channels, and up to 16 data streams.

Albatros W.4

Powered by the same 120 kW (160 hp) Mercedes D.III engine fitted to the D.II and based around the same fuselage, the W.IV was armed with either one (first series) or two 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine guns lMG08.

Alzheimer's Association, Central New York Chapter

Regional offices are located in the Nichols Notch Building at 401 Hayes Avenue in Endicott; 258 Genesee Street in Utica; and the HSBC Bank Building at 120 Washington Street, Suite 419, in Watertown.

AMX-50

The type was armed with a 120 mm gun in response to the perceived threat posed by the Soviet heavy tanks, such as the IS-3 and the T-10.

André Blondel

The project created a (then) large 300,000 hp hydroelectric power plant at Genissiat on the Rhône, and transmitted electrical power to Paris more than 350 km away using polyphase AC current at 120 kV.

Aughamucky

In 1637, about 120 square kilometres (30,000 acres) including Aughamucky were granted to Sir Christopher Wandesford by his cousin, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, the King's Lord Deputy of Ireland.

Baćin massacre

Around 120 Croatian civilians, mostly elderly people and women, were left in the adjactent villages of Hrvatska Dubica, Cerovljani and Baćin.

Bąkowiec

26 July 1945 - Division of AK (the commander Bernaciak Marian) released from transport, near Bąkowiec, about 120 prisoners, including many soldiers of underground armies.

Brad Wall

In June of 2013, Wall attended the Bilderberg Conference, an annual private conference of approximately 120 to 140 invited influential guests from North America and Europe.

Carruthers Beattie

During the Anglo-Boer War in February 1899, he and others demonstrated the application of wireless telegraphy by transmitting signals over a distance of 120 metres on Cape Town's Grand Parade using equipment imported from Britain.

Charles Brehm

The location was about 20 feet northeast from close assassination witnesses Jean Hill, and Mary Moorman, as the limousine rounded the 120-degree slow turn from Houston Street onto Elm Street.

Coingate scandal

However, after two weeks, Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro had released only 3 of the 120 boxes of documents.

Copper Hoard Culture

Paul Yule, Addenda to "The Copper Hoards of the Indian Subcontinent: Preliminaries for an Interpretation", Man and Environment 26.2, 2002, 117–120

Dave Kendall

Since the cancellation of 120 Minutes, he's worked on the internet, creating programs such as The Daily Dish, as a DJ, spinning records at clubs in New York and London, and on Television, at TechTV/G4, Sky, Channel 4, Travel Channel and Animal Planet.

Delga

Dalga a town of about 120,000 people in Minya Governorate in Egypt

Free State of Coburg

He received 1.5 million Marks as his compensation for his following properties – approximately 4500 hectares (11,120 acres) of forests, numerous buildings and individual properties as well as the art treasures of the Veste Coburg, the Veste’s courtyard garden museum, his personal library, the Ducal Theater, the Schloss Rosenau and its estate, the Veste Coburg, the Schloss Ehrenburg, and the State Archives of Coburg.

George Motola

Motola was a prolific songwriter, with 120 entries in the BMI database.

George Sotter

In a recent episode of Antiques Roadshow on PBS, filmed in Philadelphia, a Sotter oil painting was appraised $120,000-$180,000, much to the delight of its visibly stunned owner.

Gornergrat

Between the Gornergrat railway station (3,090 m) and the summit is the Kulm Hotel (3,120 m) hosting the new Project "Stellarium Gornergrat" and until 2010 the Kölner Observatorium für SubMillimeter Astronomie KOSMA and before that (until 2005) the Gornergrat Infrared Telescope.

Gumstix

Verdex motherboards have up to 128 MB RAM, up to 32 MB of on-board StrataFlash, an on-board 60-pin Hirose I/O header, a 120-pin Molex connector for connecting expansion cards and an optional Bluetooth module.

Heinrich Glarean

This massive work includes writings on philosophy and biography in addition to music theory, and includes no less than 120 complete compositions by composers of the preceding generation (including Josquin, Ockeghem, Obrecht, Isaac and many others).

Hirtshalsbanen

In 2005 the current Siemens Desiro trains, which have a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph), were introduced.

Hyde F.C.

On 24 September 2009, the club was officially wound up at the High Court in London, with debts of around £120,000 to HM Revenue and Customs.

James L. Pohl

On January 29, 2009, Pohl denied the request of the Obama Administration to delay proceeding for 120 days in the case of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri.

Kostinbrod

The economy of Kostinbrod was largely based on poultry farming and stock breeding during the Communist period, but a number of factories, including a 120,000 m² Coca-Cola one, have emerged in democratic times due to the town's favourable position and the liberal zoning policy of the municipality.

Kyoto Botanical Garden

As of 2007, it contains about 120,000 plants representing some 12,000 species, and is organized into the following major areas: Bamboo Garden; Bonsai Exhibit; Camellia Garden; Cherry Trees; European Style Garden; Flower Bed; Hydrangea Garden; Japanese Iris Garden; Japanese Native Plants; Lotus Pond; Nakaragi-no-mori Pond (trees native to the Yamashiro Basin); Peony Garden; Perennial and Useful Plants Garden; Sunken Garden; and the Uma Grove.

Mel Renfro

In 1962 Renfro contributed to the university's first NCAA team championship by finishing second behind teammate Jerry Tarr in the 120-yard high hurdles with a 13.8 time and third in the long jump with a 25-11 1/4 inch leap.

Museo del Concorde

The museum housed more than 120 components including a Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 engine, a Snecma twin intake, control columns, seats and the left landing gear.

Olaf Thon

Subsequently, he was selected for the squads at three FIFA World Cups, helping the nation win the tournament in the 1990 edition in Italy: after only six minutes against Colombia in the group stage (1–1), he played the entire semifinal against England, also scoring in his penalty shootout attempt (1–1 after 120 minutes).

Pare people

They were also known as rainmakers, one notable exponent being Mfumwa (Chief) Muhammad Kibacha Singo, a local ruler of Same who died in January 1981, estimated to be aged between 120 and 140 years.

Pavel Pabst

On 19 April 2005, 120 years after its premiere, Pabst's 'Lost Concerto' was performed by Panagiotis Trochopoulos at a concert given in Minsk by the Belarusian State Academic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Marius Stravinsky.

Playboy Special Edition

Its 120 pages contained a sixteen-page Jayne Mansfield pictorial, but was otherwise filled with articles, including the celebrated 1962 interview with Miles Davis.

Poloka

The village is located 120 km north of the capital city Gaborone and 80 km south-east of Mahalapye.

Quererte Así

Eric Vonn was contracted by Azteca for two new novelas, he wrote first 20 episodes of "Quererte Así" before Azteca decided to film Cielo Rojo at first, so he stopped writing this novela and started to write Cielo Rojo rapidly, after finishing it in November 17 of 2011, he continued writing "Quererte Así" and concluded writing on May 31 of 2012 with 120 episodes as was planned.

Saint-Luc, Switzerland

In Saint-Luc about 120 or (37.6%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 47 or (14.7%) have completed additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

ShaChelle Devlin Manning

From 1995 to 1998 she served in leadership positions at Dallas Public Schools, where she introduced and launched new technologies for over 17,000 teachers and 120,000 students.

Signet Solar

The plant in Mochau, near Dresden, began production in 2008 and is expected to have the capacity to produce 120 MWp/year by 2010.

Škoda 120

The Škoda 105/120/125 were three variations of a rear-engined, rear-wheel drive compact car that was produced by Czechoslovakian car manufacturer AZNP in Mladá Boleslav between 1976 and 1990; engine sizes were 1.05 and 1.2 liters respectively.

Sports mastery school Loro Boriçi

In the 2010-2011 academic year the school had 120 students and 30 teachers, and according to its principal, former notable player Sulejman Mema, is expected to have more in the future, given the endorsement of the Albanian government.

Street dogs in Bangkok

It is estimated that there are over 120,000 Free-ranging dogs in Bangkok, Thailand.

Sushruta Samhita

It is divided into five books and 120 chapters (It is noteworthy that the Agnivesa-tantra, better known as the Charaka Samhita and the Ashtanga Hridayam of Vagbhata, is also divided into 120 chapters).

Tibor Rubin

Rubin was born in Pásztó, a Hungarian town with a Jewish population of 120 families, the son of a shoemaker and one of six children.

VAW-121

Like VAW-122, VAW-123 and VAW-120, VAW-121 was created out of the "super squadron" VAW-12 on 1 April 1967.

Verbrennungskommando Warschau

Stalina avenue, 2,180 kilograms from military prison at Zamenhofa, 1,029 kilograms from Wolska 60 Street, 1,120 kilograms from Sowinski Park, 600 kilograms from Dzielna 47 Street, 600 kilograms from Franaszek Factory, 192 kilograms from Okopowa 59 Street, and 120 kilograms from "Dobrolin" Wolska Street among several other locations.

Virginia State Route 123

SR 123 passes by the Marden House before entering the northwestern corner of Arlington County and meeting the northern end of SR 120 (Glebe Road).

WiBro

February 10, 2006: Telecom Italia, the dominant telephony and internet service provider in Italy, together with Korean Samsung Electronics, has demonstrated to the public a WiBro network service on the occasion of the 2006 Winter Olympics, held in Turin, with downlink speed of 10 Mbit/s and uplink speed of some hundreds of kbit/s even in movement up to 120 km/h.


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