How to look at the night sky
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Title
How to look at the night sky
Is Part Of
Astronomy
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Description
"Even fainter is the galactic light, a diffuse glow that scatters off the dust in the space between the stars. It is said to account for an additional 6 percent of the light of the night sky, too faint to be distinguished from the integrated starlight and the nightglow. Dust accounts for another of these nighttime lights, the zodiacal light. It is caused by the zodiacal cloud, the name astronomers give to the dust that orbits the sun along with the planets and asteroids. Sunlight that reflects off the zodiacal cloud is called zodiacal light" (Elkins 2000: 214 - 215).
Creator
James Elkins
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Date Created
2007
Source
Elkins, J.2000. How to Use Your Eyes. New York: Routledge.
Resonances
James Elkins
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galactic light
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condensation
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astronomy
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starlight
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reflection
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nightglow
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planets
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asteroids
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medicine chest
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