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counterglow
(encz) | counterglow,protisoumrak n: Zdeněk Brož |
Counterglow
(gcide) | 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
counterglow
(wn) | counterglow
n 1: 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 [syn:
counterglow, gegenschein] |
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Counterglow
(gcide) | 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
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