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antisolar point is the
abstract point on the
celestial sphere directly opposite the Sun from an observer's perspective. This
means that the
antisolar...
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Anticrepuscular rays, or
antisolar rays, are
meteorological optical phenomena similar to
crepuscular rays, but
appear opposite the Sun in the sky. Anticrepuscular...
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perspective the rays seem to be
radiating from the
antisolar point,
within the viewer's shadow. As in
similar antisolar optical effects (such as a
glory or Heiligenschein)...
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counterglow is a
faintly bright spot in the
night sky
centered at the
antisolar point. The
backscatter of
sunlight by
interplanetary dust
causes this...
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converge at the
antisolar point, the
point on the
celestial sphere opposite of the Sun's direction. In this case, they are
called antisolar rays (anytime...
- a retroreflector. Any
retroreflective surface is
brightest around the
antisolar point.
Opposition surge by
other particles than
water and the
glory in...
- Analemma –
Diagrammatic representation of Sun's
position over a
period of time
Antisolar point –
Point on the
celestial sphere opposite Sun
Faint young Sun paradox –...
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apparent size of the
occluding body
increases until it
causes a full umbra.
Antisolar point Earth's
shadow Pogge, Richard. "Lecture 9:
Eclipses of the Sun &...
- }{2}}]} . This
results in a
rainbow of the n-th
order shrinking to the
antisolar point and vanishing. The
classical Gr****
scholar Aristotle (384–322 BC)...
- and even indoors." Like a rainbow,
outdoor glories are
centred on the
antisolar (or, in case of the moon, antilunar) point,
which coincides with the shadow...
