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antisolar point is the abstract point on the celestial sphere directly opposite the Sun from an observer's perspective. This means that the antisolar...

Anticrepuscular rays, or antisolar rays, are meteorological optical phenomena similar to crepuscular rays, but appear opposite the Sun in the sky. Anticrepuscular...

counterglow is a faintly bright spot in the night sky centered at the antisolar point. The backscatter of sunlight by interplanetary dust causes this...

converge at the antisolar point, the point on the celestial sphere opposite of the Sun's direction. In this case, they are called antisolar rays (anytime...

a retroreflector. Any retroreflective surface is brightest around the antisolar point. Opposition surge by other particles than water and the glory in...

apparent size of the occluding body increases until it causes a full umbra. Antisolar point Earth's shadow Pogge, Richard. "Lecture 9: Eclipses of the Sun &...

and even indoors." Like a rainbow, outdoor glories are centred on the antisolar (or, in case of the moon, antilunar) point, which coincides with the shadow...

Analemma – Diagrammatic representation of Sun's position over a period of time Antisolar point – Point on the celestial sphere opposite Sun Faint young Sun paradox –...

perspective the rays seem to be radiating from the antisolar point, within the viewer's shadow. As in similar antisolar optical effects (such as a glory or Heiligenschein)...

actually alpenglow visible near the horizon during twilight, above the antisolar point. Like alpenglow, the backscatter of reddened sunlight also creates...

}{2}}]} . This results in a rainbow of the n-th order shrinking to the antisolar point and vanishing. The classical Greek scholar Aristotle (384–322 BC)...

the horizon. It passes through both the subsun (below the Sun) and the antisolar point (opposite to the Sun). The subparhelic circle is the subhorizon...

itself casts through its atmosphere and into outer space, toward the antisolar point. During the twilight period (both early dusk and late dawn), the...

Gegenschein is a faint bright spot in the night sky centered at the antisolar point, caused by the backscatter of sunlight by interplanetary dust. Shortly...

sodium atoms away from the Sun, forming an elongated tail toward the antisolar direction. The continual impacts of small meteorites produce a constant...

passes near and through the centre of Earth's shadow, contacting the antisolar point. This type of lunar eclipse is relatively rare. The relative distance...

wavelengths. On Earth, water droplets can also create bright spots around the antisolar point in various situations. For more details, see Heiligenschein and...

medium between Earth and the Sun. A similar phenomenon centered at the antisolar point, gegenschein is visible in a naturally dark, moonless night sky...

(~1 arcsec). The CCD is chilled far below freezing by a passive radiator on the antisolar face of the spacecraft. This temperature differential requires insulation...

supernumerary rainbows on the inside of the primary arc. The shadow of the photographer's head marks the centre of the rainbow circle (antisolar point)....