RE: CalStar Gegenschein

From: Lumpy Darkness (lumpydarkness@No-Spam)
Date: Mon Sep 29 2003 - 12:07:08 MST


--- Rob Hawley <robhawley@No-Spam> wrote:
> I believe I saw Gegenschein before at LSA. I have definitely seen it at
> other locations. This time I looked and could not convince myself that I was
> seeing anything except sunset.
>

We can see the zodiacal light after sunset, but the Gegenschein would be best viewed when the sun
is at "anti-zenithal" position (how is that for a made up word Jamie!) or nadir...

We were seeing it around 2:30 a.m. I would guess.

Mark

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