Abstract
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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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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