Astronomy question

[pulsar_nx]

Yesterday I had the good fortune to see a halo around the moon. In the little amount of time that I had tried to take a pic of it with my camera which happened to have a 50 on it, which was too much to get it all. But I came to the conclusion when I tried my cell that I didn't think that I could do this, with the bright moon and dull haze of a ring.

So my question is would it be possible without photoshop to make it look right mostly in camera?

[Dbl]

Sure its possible. They key is the exposure of the halo (caused by ice crystals typically), not the moon. So you will end up with a moon that is overexposed but a halo that shows well. Your exposure time would likely be in seconds, 10-30 depending on aperture, available light in the scene, and ISO.