Meaning of zodiacal light | Babel Free

Definitions

A soft glow of white light seen in the sky along the ecliptic in an elongated triangular form with its base being on the horizon, particularly in the tropics.

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Examples

“I also, this morning gave attention to the stars as seen through the Zodiacal Light, and found, even to 4ʰ 30ᵐ, when the effulgent Light below the zigzag lines is very strong, that with the naked eye I could readily make out stars of the 6th magnitude within the effulgent Light; [...]”

“Westward I saw the zodiacal light mingling with the yellow brilliance of the evening star.”

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