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The Zodiacal Light

Nature volume 29, page 453 (1884)Cite this article

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ONE of the members of the staff of this establishment, Mr. E. G. Constable, observed a brilliant appearance of the zodiacal light at about 7 p.m. on the evening of Wednesday the 5th inst., the cone of light being exceedingly well defined. The phenomenon was not visible long, having completely disappeared by 7.20 p.m.

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WHIPPLE, G. The Zodiacal Light. Nature 29, 453 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/029453a0

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