Thanks for the report, Stephen. I'm glad others are crazy enough to get up in the wee hours to chase down something as ephemeral as the zodiacal light. It's one of my favorite phenomena. Check out the wide-angle photo in the October Sky and Telescope. It's probably the best I've ever seen. (I need to get a wider angle lens.) Here's an image of the dawn zodiacal light that I took in October 07: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=3716. You can just see the light of dawn above the horizon in this pic. Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Peterson Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 7:23 PM To: utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Zodiacal light Made the mistake of telling the wife last night about the zodiacal light potentially being visible at this time. So at 03:25 am she get me out of the sack and handed me some strong coffee. Off to highway 59 to find a dark spot on the way to Hildale. First side road had a 30 degree hill to the east so back on the highway. Finally pulled over and think we saw it at 0518 local, well before astronomical twilight began. Faint and relatively low to the horizon, but triangular and N of the Milky Way. Took a photo but contrast is poor. A surprisingly high amount of traffic on that road and at that time. Lots of fun though in retrospect and worth trying to see from a dark sky. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com