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On the Influence of the Atmospheric Dust on the Zodiacal Light Polarization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

N. B. Divari  and
S. N. Krylova
N. B. Divari
Affiliation:
Odessa Polytechnic InstituteOdessa, U.S.S.R.
S. N. Krylova
Affiliation:
Odessa Polytechnic InstituteOdessa, U.S.S.R.

Abstract

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Three-color observations of the nightglow brightness and polarization were made at the Majaky Observatory in October 1969 to determine the brightness of zodiacal light at the ecliptic pole. On the assumption that the degree of polarization of zodiacal light is 0.20 at the ecliptic pole, the corresponding brightnesses are found to be 68, 70, and 96 G2 stars of the 10th magnitude per square deg. at 0.37, 0.53, and 0.58μ.

The large diurnal variations in observed intensity and direction of polarization are attributed to the effects of dust in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 13: Evolutionary and Physical Properties of Meteoroids , June 1971 , pp. 275 - 280
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

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