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GEGENSCHEIN (Ger. gegen, opposite, and schein, shine)

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 550 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GAG-GEO
GEGENSCHEIN (Ger. gegen, opposite, and schein, shine) , an extremely faint luminescence of the sky, seen opposite the direction of the sun.
Germany
  was the country in which it was first discovered and described. The
English
  rendering "
counter
 -glow " is also given to it. Its faintness is such that it can be seen only by a practised eye under favourable conditions. It is invisible during the greater
part
  of June, July,
December
  and January, owing to its being then blotted out by the superior
light
  of the Milky Way. It is also invisible during moonlight and near the horizon, and the neighbourhood of a
bright
 
star
  or
planet
  may interfere with its recognition. When none of these unfavourable conditions supervene it may be seen at nearly any time when the air is clear and the depression of the sun below the horizon more than 200. (See ZODIACAL
LIGHT
 .)


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