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The Ultraviolet Starlight in the Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2017

P. M. Gondhalekar
P. M. Gondhalekar*
Affiliation:
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Chilton, Didcot, OXON 0×11 0QX UK

Abstract

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The distribution of UV bright stars in the Galaxy is described. The integrated ultraviolet (UV) stellar radiation in the Galaxy is obtained from these data, and this flux of radiation is compared with observations and models of direct starlight in the Galaxy.

Type
II. Galactic Background Starlight from UV to IR: Observations and Models
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 139: The Galactic and Extragalactic Background Radiation , 1990 , pp. 49 - 62
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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