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Fine Resolution Brightness Distribution of the Visible Zodiacal Light

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

S. M. Kwon
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University, 151-742, Korea Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Florida, U.S.A.
S. S. Hong
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University, 151-742, Korea
J. L. Weinberg
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Florida, U.S.A.
N. Y. Misconi
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Florida, U.S.A.

Abstract

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Applying time-dependent corrections of the atmospheric diffuse light to the observed night sky brightness, we have determined brightness of the zodiacal light over the region 40° ≤λ − λ⊙ ≤;320ΰand − 20°≤β≤20ΰ. The resulting map of equal brightness contours has an angular resolution of two degrees, and exhibits east-west and north-south asymmetries.

Type
Interplanetary Dust: Zodiacal Light and Optical Studies
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991

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