Jan 25, 2010: Zodiacal Light

Pie · 01-25-2010, 11:16 AM

The sun's in the plane of the ecliptic, so it would be co-linear with the zodiacal light. The bright semi-foreground object is not in that plane.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2010, 11:25 AM

So it must be an egg.

glatt · 01-25-2010, 11:30 AM

I think it's the lights from the coastal village of Los Choros (29 17' 26"S, 71 18' 34"W) lighting up some fog.

jinx · 01-25-2010, 11:43 AM

Fire! Fire! [/beavis]

Gravdigr · 01-25-2010, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

I think it's the lights from the coastal village of Los Choros (29 17' 26"S, 71 18' 34"W) lighting up some fog.

Dingdingding. We have a winnah! (works for me, anyway)

Elspode · 01-26-2010, 12:01 AM

I like the German name for this phenomenon, which I believe is "Gegenschein".

01-25-2010, 11:16 AM	#1
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01-25-2010, 11:25 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	So it must be an egg. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-25-2010, 11:43 AM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Fire! Fire! [/beavis] __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I like the German name for this phenomenon, which I believe is "Gegenschein". __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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01-25-2010, 11:30 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I think it's the lights from the coastal village of Los Choros (29 17' 26"S, 71 18' 34"W) lighting up some fog.

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