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Definition of Gegenschein

Gegenschein
Counter Coun"ter, n. Over the counter (Stock Exchanges), in an office; -- said of business so done, as distinguished from that done at an exchange. [Cant] Counterglow Coun"ter*glow`, n. (Astron.) An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also Gegenschein.

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- Gegenschein (/ˈɡeɪɡənˌʃaɪn/; German: [ˈɡeːɡn̩ˌʃaɪn]; lit. 'counter-shine') or counterglow is a faintly bright spot in the night sky centered at the antisolar...
- natural light of a clear and moonless night sky. A related phenomenon is gegenschein (or counterglow), sunlight backscattered from the interplanetary dust...
- cells. Halo (optical phenomenon) Cir****horizontal arc Cir****zenithal arc Gegenschein Zodiacal light "Definition of paraselene". Collins English Dictionary...
- Two false dawns, gegenschein (middle) and the rest of the zodiacal band of the zodiacal light, with the zodiac marked (visually crossed by the Milky Way)...
- clouds are a very faint phenomenon, comparable to the brightness of the gegenschein. They are very difficult to observe from Earth but may be visible to...
- reflection from large particles and Mie scattering, causing alpenglow and gegenschein, and showing up in weather radar; Inelastic collisions between electromagnetic...
- run near-parallel to each other. Also around the antisolar point, the gegenschein is often visible in a moonless night sky away from city lights, arising...
- visible as the horizontal band of zodiacal light, including the false dawn (edges) and gegenschein (center), which is visually crossed by the Milky Way...
- a "blood moon" during a total lunar eclipse. The zodiacal light and gegenschein, which are caused by the diffuse reflection of sunlight from interplanetary...
- long polar night and polar day. Airglow Belt of Venus Earth's shadow Gegenschein Red sky at morning Sunset "afterglow". AMS Glossary. American Meteorological...