zodiacal counterglow

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• zodiacal light — a luminous tract in the sky, seen in the west after sunset or in the east before sunrise and thought to be the light reflected from a cloud of meteoric matter revolving round the sun. [1725 35] * * * Band of very faint light in the night sky. It… …   Universalium

• gegenschein — /gay geuhn shuyn /, n. Astron. a faint, elliptical patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun, being a reflection of sunlight by meteoric material in space. Also called counterglow. Cf. zodiacal light. [1875 80; < G Gegenschein …   Universalium

• gegenschein — noun A faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun. My object in appearing before the Association, at this time, is to present the observations of several other persons on the gegenschein or… …   Wiktionary

• nebula — Synonyms and related words: Black Magellanic Cloud, Crab Nebula, Gegenschein, bright diffuse nebula, coalsack, counterglow, dark cloud, dark nebula, diffuse nebula, dust cloud, gaseous nebula, nebula of Lyra, nebular hypothesis, nebulosity,… …   Moby Thesaurus