zodiacal light

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A soft glow of white light extending upward from the horizon along the ecliptic, particularly in the tropics
(Tekstil) A faint, roughly triangular, diffuse white glow seen in the night sky that appears to extend up from the vicinity of the Sun along the ecliptic or zodiac. It is best seen just after sunset and before sunrise in spring and autumn when the zodiac is at a steep angle to the horizon. Caused by sunlight scattered by space dust in the zodiacal cloud, it is so faint that either moonlight or light pollution renders it invisible
A faint hazy cone of light, often visible in the west just after sunset or in the east just before sunrise, apparently caused by the reflection of sunlight from meteoric particles in the plane of the ecliptic. Band of very faint light in the night sky. It is thought to be sunlight reflected from interplanetary dust grains lying mostly in the plane of the zodiac, or ecliptic. Seen in the west after twilight and in the east before dawn, it is most clearly visible in the tropics, where the ecliptic is approximately perpendicular to the horizon. In midnorthern latitudes it is best seen evenings in February and March and mornings in September and October (vice versa in midsouthern latitudes). The light can be followed visually to a point about 90° from the Sun. It continues to the region opposite the Sun, where a slight enhancement, the gegenschein, is visible
A pale glow sometimes visible in the night sky in the path of the Earth's orbit around the Sun (The constellations in this path make up the zodiac) It is caused by the scattering of sunlight off of dust in the plane of Earth's orbit more!
A faint cone of light that can sometimes be seen above the horizon after sunset or before sunrise Zodiacal light is caused by sunlight reflecting off small particles of material in the plane of the solar system
A faint glow from light scattered off interplanetary dust in the plane of the ecliptic
A diffuse band of luminosity occasionally visible on the ecliptic, it is sunlight diffracted and reflected by dust particles in the solar system within and beyond the Earth's orbit
a luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset

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