Gegenschein
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Gegenschein or counterglow is a faintly bright spot in the night sky centered at the antisolar point. The backscatter of sunlight by interplanetary dust causes this optical phenomenon, being a zodiaca
The gegenschein appears in this image as a bright spot on the diagonal band (running top left to lower right) above the Very Large Telescope. (The Andromeda Galaxy and Pleiades are prominent in the lower half of the image.)
Zodiacal light
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The zodiacal light is a faint glow of diffuse sunlight scattered by interplanetary dust. Brighter around the Sun, it appears in a particularly dark night sky to extend from the Sun's direction in a ro
Two false dawns, gegenschein (middle) and the rest of the zodiacal band of light and zodiac marked (visually crossed by the Milky Way), in this composite image of the night sky above the Northern and Southern Hemisphere
Zodiacal light seen behind the Submillimeter Array from the summit of Mauna Kea
Moonlight and zodiacal light over La Silla Observatory
Colorful center of the Milky Way and the zodiacal light above the Very Large Telescope