FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Good season for gegenschein

[Brian Skiff <bas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>      This is a reminder that if you have not ever seen the
> gegenschein, the coming days are a good time to do it.  It is
> presently located in a bland section of Pisces, well away from
> the Milky Way, and coming north for northern observers.
>      The last few days in Flagstaff we have entered a cool, dry
> spell (well below freezing at dawn, precipitable water-vapor 2-3mm).
> The geggenschein from Anderson Mesa appears about as large as
> one's hand at arm's length and elongated along the ecliptic in
> about the same proportions (something like 20x10 degrees).
> It is conspicuous from an open area with low horizons, merging
> smoothly into the zodiacal band that stretches from Capricornus
> in the southwest across to the mottled regions of Taurus,
> slipping between the Pleiades and Hyades.
> 


\Brian
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