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Re: (meteorobs) Re:Gegenschein
Ok, another stupid question: What's the Gegenschein?
:+)
Jan Fries
Washington State
On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 21:33:32 -0800 Robert Lunsford
<lunro.imo.usa@home.com> writes:
> Lew,
>
> I would have mentioned the Gegenschein except that it is located
> close
> to winter Milky Way and may still be invisible. It should be far
> enough
> away to see once the moon is out of the way later next week. FYI-the
>
> Gegenschein is also silhouetted against the summer Milky Way in the
> months of May and June and is also hopelessly lost amongst the
> stellar
> background during those months.
>
> CLear Skies!
>
> Bob Lunsford
>
>
> Lew Wrote:
>
> > Another target somewhat brighter, and so often accessible from
> sites
> > where the Zodiacal Band is too faint to see, is the famed
> Gegenschein
> > or "counterglow": this is a "cloud" of faint gray light (some call
> it
> > pearly) which surrounds the point on the Zodiac that lies
> immediately
> > opposite the sun in the night sky. >>
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