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A Search for Small Scale Structures in the Zodiacal Light

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

S.S. Hong
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Florida 1810 NW 6th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32609, USA
N.Y. Misconi
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Florida 1810 NW 6th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32609, USA
M.H.H. van Dijk
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Florida 1810 NW 6th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32609, USA
J.L. Weinberg
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Florida 1810 NW 6th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32609, USA
G.N. Toller
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, University of Florida 1810 NW 6th Street, Gainesville, Florida 32609, USA

Abstract

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Gegenschein observations from Pioneer 10 were found to have brightness structures with an amplitude of about 10% and a period of several to ten degrees in elongation. A search is made for such structures in high angular resolution ground-based observations from Mt. Haleakala, Hawaii. A new empirical method is used to correct for atmosphere-originated radiation. Background starlight is subtracted using Pioneer 10 observations from beyond the asteroid belt. Preliminary analysis of the ground data also indicates the presence of small amplitude structures in the brightness distribution.

Type
I. Zodiacal Light and F-Corona: Observations
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985

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