124 OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT, 



No. G2. 



OCTOBER 1st, 1S53 : MOENINO. 



Lat. 22 23' N.: Lon. 113 D 32' E. 



Sun rose 5A. 55w. 

 Stronger aud Diffuse Light at 3/i. Om. 



3 30 



4 



Eose before 3", and had good observations till the moon came. At 3", the head of the Diffuse Light was lost in the 

 Milky Way, and I could not make it out. Watched again to see what effect the approach of the moon would have. 

 At 3" 30'", the central (Stronger) Light was bright. It then soon began to increase in strength, and to change its 

 color from a soft white with a little tinge of yellow, into a hard steel Avhite; the whiteness went on increasing, and 

 the Light grew in intensity; also widening, but still keeping within the bounds of the Diffuse Light, till, suddenly, 

 it spread generally over the face of the eastern sky, and the Zodiacal Light was over. The moon soon after appeared 

 above the horizon. 



