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THE diffuse component of galactic radiation has been observed in various wavelength ranges, but few observations are yet available in the near infrared range. Since the interstellar extinction is rather weak in this wavelength range, one can obtain an overview of the galactic structure, such as the distributions of infrared sources and of absorbing matter from this region of the spectrum. We have therefore attempted a balloon observation of infrared radiation at the wavelength 2.4 µm with a band width 0.1 µm, avoiding intense OH airglow.
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HAYAKAWA, S., ITO, K., MATSUMOTO, T. et al. Infrared profile of Milky Way at 2.4 µm. Nature 261, 29–31 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/261029a0
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