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1.1.7. Polarization of the Zodiacal Light: First Results from Skylab

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. G. Sparrow ,
J. L. Weinberg  and
R. C. Hahn
J. G. Sparrow
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, State University of New York at Albany
J. L. Weinberg
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, State University of New York at Albany
R. C. Hahn
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, State University of New York at Albany

Abstract

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A brief description is given of the Skylab ten color photoelectric photometer and the programs of measurements made during Skylab missions SL-2 and SL-3. Results obtained on the polarized brightness of zodiacal light at five points on the antisolar hemisphere are discussed and compared with other published data for the north celestial pole, south ecliptic pole, at elongation 90 degrees on the ecliptic, and at two places near the north galactic pole.

Type
1 Zodiacal Light
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 31: Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light , 1976 , pp. 45 - 51
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1976

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