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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COUNTERGLOW
COUNTERGLOW
Coun "
ter
*
glow
`, n. (Astron.)
Defn:
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.