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Zodiacal Light
published by Atmospheric Optics
This site, from Atmospheric Optics, contains information about zodiacal light--sunlight scattered by dust particles in the solar system. The best times to observe such scattering are provided along with explanations of how the light is scattered forward and backwards.  An image provides an example of zodiacal light.
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/blog/zodiacal-light/
Subjects Levels Resource Types
Astronomy
- Fundamentals
= Night Sky
= Properties of Light
- Solar System
- High School
- Lower Undergraduate
- Informal Education
- Upper Undergraduate
- Reference Material
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image credit: Dominic Cantin; image source; larger image This resource was a Physics To Go feature from December 16, 2007 until January 1, 2008. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
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Keywords: dust, ecliptic, gegenschein, reflection, scatter, sunlight
Record Creator: Metadata instance created December 11, 2007 by Ann Deml
Record Updated: Feb 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
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Zodiacal Light. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2026, from http://www.atoptics.co.uk/blog/zodiacal-light/
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