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Zodiacal light: Start watching for it now

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The zodiacal light—an eerie pyramid-shaped cone of light visible before dawn or after dusk—is best observed around the September and March equinoxes, with optimal viewing this month in the Northern Hemisphere's eastern sky before dawn, requiring dark skies away from moonlight.

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