246 OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT 



No. 123. 



FEBRUARY 24th, 1S54 : EVENING. 



Lat. 35 25' N. : Lon. 13J 41' E. 



Sun set 5A. 46m. 

 Stronger and Dittuse Light, 7/i. 43m. and 9/r. 



Clouds till Y h 45 m , when I got an observation : some clouds below prevented observations for pulsations. At 9 h the 

 Stronger Light had faded considerably ; clouds after that. (On the morning of the 24th, I went on deck at 3 o'clock, 

 but although I could see that there was a Zodiacal Light, I could not get its boundaries ; it was so faint, and its 

 limits so indistinct. The ecliptic is now, in this latitude, very much inclined to the horizon. Was on deck also at 

 4 h , but with a similar result ; saw the Light, which was stronger than at 3", but with no reliable boundaries. The 

 difficulty is increased by the fact that the widest part ot the Milky Way now crosses the Light just above the horizon. 

 At 5" went to try it again, but the moon was up ; so did not succeed.) 



