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What does gegenschein mean?

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  1. (astronomy) A faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun.
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There is also a very faint, but still slightly increased, oval glow directly opposite the Sun which is known as the gegenschein.
But the gegenschein is very faint, a few magnitudes fainter than the Milky Way.
There have been reports that under very favorable viewing conditions the zodiacal light extends to the gegenschein.
The gegenschein is an extremely elusive phenomenon, suitable only for eyes that have been specially trained to see it.
Barnard finds that the gegenschein is not so faint as is generally supposed.
These are known respectively as the Zodiacal Light and the gegenschein.

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