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Wordymanjenson t1_izhy92u wrote

Reply to comment by Riegel_Haribo in Hubble Detects Ghostly Glow Surrounding Our Solar System by Additional-Two-7312

They mentioned that this wasn’t zodiacal light. Maybe I misunderstood but part of what they subtracted was the light from this and the end result was a glow that’s not coming from something we know to subtract.

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everyusernamestaken3 t1_iziutl7 wrote

From the article (4th sentence):

>This would be any leftover light after subtracting the glow from planets, stars, galaxies, and from dust in the plane of our solar system (called zodiacal light).

Pretty sure you understood it just fine, and this guy didn't click the article.

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Riegel_Haribo t1_izkrtd4 wrote

Pretty sure to find out what remains after subtracting zodiacal light, one has to fully characterize its appearance in the telescope...

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