I was looking at a hazy sun today and noticed two points of light either side of it a long way off. Any ideas?

Question

Sometimes I could faintly see colours in them. The lights were noticable for a long time and I managed to get several photos.

Answer 1

Probably Sundogs, images of the sun produced by particles of dist or ice in the atmosphere.

Answer 2

Their called 'Sun Dogs'. I don't know why. They appear in the sky when water molecules in the atmosphere are all the same size and the viewer is at a strategic point to see them. They only appear 22 1/2 degrees from the sun. You can have only one, But it has to be 22 1/2 degrees from the sun.

Answer 3

Yeah, those are called sundogs. They're caused by ice crystals somewhere in the air between you and the sun. Usually, if you see one, you'll see another an equal distance from the sun on its other side. I have even seen a complete, rainbow colored ring around the sun.

Answer 4

These are usually the sun reflecting through matter like dust and mist to create mini images of itself. Like rainbow rings round a light bulb or light passing through raindrops to create rainbows.

Answer 5

I think probly was the sun shinning thru ice particles in the atmosphere,,

Answer 6

Sundogs or parhelia. I saw the rainbow type recently for the first time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundog

Answer 7

It was probably a couple of meteors as we just had a meteor shower. The Geminids.

Answer 8

Longest and worst

Answer 9

Most likely you saw "SunDogs".

Read about 'em here:

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/opt/ice/sd.rxml

And you can see some example photos here:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990823.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020114.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040804.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060613.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060923.html