Surface Photometry of Celestial Sources from a Space Vehicle: Introduction and Observational Procedures Article Swipe

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F. E. Roach , Benjamin Carroll , L. H. Aller , L. L. Smith ·

YOU? · · 1972 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.69.3.694 · OA: W2010931076

Diffuse celestial sources of relatively low surface brightness such as the Milky Way, zodiacal light, and gegenschein (or contre lumière ) can be studied most reliably from above the earth's atmosphere with equipment flown in artificial satellites. We review the techniques used and some of the difficulties encountered in day-time observations from satellites by the use of a special photometer and polarimeter flown in the orbiting skylab observatory, OSO-6.