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The <b style="color:black;background-color:#ffff66">Zodiacal</b> <b style="color:black;background-color:#66ffff">light</b> seen above the western horizon nearly two hours after sunset

 

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  • From inside the dome, looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope towards the centre of the Milky Way galaxy in Sagittarius
  • Looking past the ANU 24-inch telescope to the constellations of the Southern Cross (Crux) and Carina setting in the south-west
  • Thunderstorms to the east of Siding Spring Observatory behind (and well beyond!) the 24-inch telescope dome
  • The Milky Way - and the lights of Coonabarabran - behind the dome of the ANU 40-inch telescope.
  • The moonlit ANU 40-inch telescope and building with the Milky Way from Carina to Centaurus rising above it
  • This 10 min exposure shows star trails clearly defining the south celestial pole just left of centre.
  • The Zodiacal light seen above the western horizon nearly two hours after sunset
  • The Zodiacal light seen above the eastern horizon nearly two hours before sunrise
  • Bob Shobbrook dressed for a winters night at the control computer for the photometer on the ANU 24-inch telescope.

The Zodiacal light seen above the western horizon nearly two hours after sunset

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The Zodiacal light seen above the western horizon nearly two hours after sunset It is produced by light scattered from interplanetary dust near the plane of rotation of the planets around the Sun.

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