An image of ASKAP, taken several years ago (before all antennas were
being used). The Southern Cross and Pointers are visible at the left
hand side of the image. The vertical band of light is the Zodiacal
light, a faint, diffuse white glow that extends from the Sun's
direction and along the zodiac, straddling the ecliptic (the apparent
path of the Sun across the sky over the year). Zodiacal light
is caused by Sunlight scattered from interplanetary dust, which
lies preferentially in the plane of the solar system containing
the planetary orbits.
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