faint+light
51ashen light — Astron. a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase. * * * …
52go out like a light — fall asleep immediately; lose consciousness, faint …
53out like a light, go — Fall suddenly and deeply asleep. Faint without warning …
54ashen light — Astron. a faint glow visible on the unlit side of the planet Venus in its crescent phase …
55gegenschein — /gay geuhn shuyn /, n. Astron. a faint, elliptical patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun, being a reflection of sunlight by meteoric material in space. Also called counterglow. Cf. zodiacal light. [1875 80; < G Gegenschein …
56lightheaded — adjective 1. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity a dizzy blonde light headed teenagers silly giggles • Syn: ↑airheaded, ↑dizzy, ↑empty headed, ↑featherbrained, ↑ …
57Planetshine — Saturn s moon Iapetus lit by Saturnshine. This is an enhanced picture; the Saturn light is too faint by contrast to be visible to the unaided human eye …
58swooning — adjective weak and likely to lose consciousness suddenly felt faint from the pain was sick and faint from hunger felt light in the head a swooning fit light headed with wine light headed from lack of sleep • Syn: ↑ …
59Methods of detecting extrasolar planets — Any planet is an extremely faint light source compared to its parent star. In addition to the intrinsic difficulty of detecting such a faint light source, the light from the parent star causes a glare that washes it out. For those reasons, only a …
60Spitzer Space Telescope — The Spitzer Space Telescope prior to launch General information NSSDC ID 2003 038A …
