ALMA gegenschein

On the Chajnantor plateau in Chile, home of the Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA), the sky is so dark that the famous and extremely difficult to observe gegenschein (or "countershine") is sometimes visible.

This is a faint brightening of the night sky in the region of the ecliptic directly opposite the Sun, caused by reflection of sunlight by interplanetary dust in the Solar System.

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Id:2016-04-08-alma-gegenshein-eq-cc-extended
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Data de divulgação:24 de Novembro de 2016 às 14:49
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Nome:Zodiacal light
Tipo:Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Zodiacal Light : Gegenschein
Categoria:360 Panorama
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