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Zodiacal Light, Gegenschein and Sky Background

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Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library ((ASSL,volume 119))

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Results from photometers on board the D2B satellite (1975) for the whole sky in ultraviolet and blue light, are combined to generate a very well defined empirical representation of the zodiacal light and Gegenschein. The sky background is then obtained by subtraction of this model from the data.

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  1. Laboratoire d’Astronomie Spatiale, Marseille, France

    A. Maucherat, A. Llebaria & J. C. Gonin

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  1. A. Maucherat
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy: Extraterrestrial Physics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    R. H. Giese

  2. Laboratory for Space Astronomy, Marseille, France

    P. Lamy

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Maucherat, A., Llebaria, A., Gonin, J.C. (1985). Zodiacal Light, Gegenschein and Sky Background. In: Giese, R.H., Lamy, P. (eds) Properties and Interactions of Interplanetary Dust. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 119. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5464-9_6

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