रात के आसमान में प्रकाश का एक बेहोश स्थान जो सूर्य की स्थिति के विपरीत सीधे प्रकट होता है; अंतरिक्ष में माइक्रोमैटोरिक सामग्री द्वारा सूरज की रोशनी का प्रतिबिंब

gegenschein's Usage Examples:

Intimately connected with this band and with the zodiacal light is the Gegenschein, or counter-glow, a faint illumination of the sky in the region opposite the sun, which may generally be seen by a trained eye when all the conditions are favourable., Unfavourable conditions are moonlight, nearness to the Milky Way, and elevation of the light above the horizon (and therefore a depression of the sun below the horizon) of less than 20°, and the presence in the region of any bright planet.

GEGENSCHEIN (Ger.

Wolf, Beobachtungen des Zodiacallichtes (1850-52); Brorsen Ueber den Gegenschein des Zodiacallichts (1855) and in Schumacher, 998; J.

The question whether the Gegenschein can be accounted for by the reflection of light from the same matter as the zodiacal band is still unsettled.

Barnard reports it as sometimes best seen when the sky is slightly milky, while during the observations already mentioned from the Rothorn the Gegenschein was scarcely, if at all, visible, though the conditions were exceptionally favourable.

Another anomaly is that he never saw the Gegenschein, but describes the band as equally bright in all its parts, except near the horizon.

From the description given of the zodiacal band and the Gegenschein, it is clear that these objects should be best seen at the highest elevation, especially within the tropics.

Intimately connected with this band and with the zodiacal light is the Gegenschein, or counter-glow, a faint illumination of the sky in the region opposite the sun, which may generally be seen by a trained eye when all the conditions are favourable., Unfavourable conditions are moonlight, nearness to the Milky Way, and elevation of the light above the horizon (and therefore a depression of the sun below the horizon) of less than 20°, and the presence in the region of any bright planet.

gegenschein's Meaning':

a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space

Synonyms:

counterglow, light, visible radiation, visible light,

Antonyms:

dark, dull, bright, dullness, light,