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Solar System Observing – Zodiacal Light; Lunar Mountains

Filed Under: Fundamentals of Stargazing

This month it’s time to examine the zodiacal light, a white, wedge-shaped spear of light thrusting up above the horizon along the zodiac. The light is visible in very dark sky all year, but September and March are the best times of year to see this glow, which is caused by reflection of sunlight from tiny dust particles in the plane of the solar sy...

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Filed Under: Fundamentals of Stargazing Solar System (FoS)

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