Found 2 items, similar to Gegenschein.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: gegenschein
gegenschein
n : a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly
opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of
sunlight by micrometeoric material in space [syn:
counterglow]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gegenschein
Counterglow
\Coun"ter*glow`\, n. (Astron.)
An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous
light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen
during September and October, when in the constellations
Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood.
Called also
Gegenschein.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]