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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...
- an oval area of the band directly opposite to the light source as the gegenschein (or counterglow) and brightest as a triangle-shaped area at the horizon...
- 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...
- reflection from large particles and Mie scattering, causing alpenglow and gegenschein, and showing up in weather radar; Inelastic collisions between electromagnetic...
- afterglow on Kraków's housing estate Airglow Belt of Venus Earth's shadow Gegenschein Red sky at morning Sunset "afterglow". AMS Glossary. American Meteorological...
- 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)...
- combination of moonlight, planetary light, starlight, zodiacal light, gegenschein, and airglow. In some cir****stances, aurorae, lightning, and bioluminescence...
- cells. Halo (optical phenomenon) Cir****horizontal arc Cir****zenithal arc Gegenschein Zodiacal light "Definition of paraselene". Collins English Dictionary...
- has enthusiastically observed sunspots, meteors, zodiacal light, the gegenschein and artificial satellites JPL · 8393 8395 Rembaut 1993 TQ23 Peter Rembaut...
- has media related to Glories. Antisolar point Aureola Brocken spectre Gegenschein Halo (optical phenomenon) Heiligenschein Opposition surge Rainbow Subparhelic...