Diagrams of the zodiacal light as seen in spring Product:Canvas from the Traction Avant catalogue

from the Traction Avant catalogue

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Diagrams of the zodiacal light as seen in spring Product:Canvas from the Traction Avant catalogueFour diagrams of the appearance of the zodiacal light as it would appear when observed on 21 March at a latitude of 56 degrees south (figures 1 and 2) and at 56 degrees north (figures 3 and 4). The light is shown as lenticular in shape and each diagram is marked with lines of the equator, poles, horizon and ecliptic. Illustration from the unpublished paper 'Attempt to apply instrumental measurement to the zodiacal light', by Charles Piazzi Smyth. The