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Old 10-10-2010, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by star1961 View Post
We thought the light was from bright Venus but it was the zodiacal light? Saw it and didn't know it! Now I do
Indeed the faint triangle of light is the sun light dispersed by the dust particles in the Solar System. Best seen around equinoxes in spring at sunset and in autumn at sunrise.

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