An observational model of the zodiacal light brightness distribution

Kwon, Suk Minn; Hong, Seung Soo; Weinberg, J. L.

doi:10.1016/j.newast.2004.05.004

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“…Leinert et al (1998) and Kwon et al (2004) each provide a tabulated result, the former also in the widely-available ''Astrophysical Quantities" (Cox, 2000). Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

Measurements of the Gegenschein brightness from the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI)

Buffington

Bisi

Clover

et al. 2009

Icarus

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“…Leinert et al (1998) and Kwon et al (2004) each provide a tabulated result, the former also in the widely-available ''Astrophysical Quantities" (Cox, 2000). Fig.…”

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confidence: 99%

Measurements of the Gegenschein brightness from the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI)

Buffington

Bisi

Clover

et al. 2009

Icarus

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“…We know the sky position and exposure time for our V-band Moon observations, obtained in 2012 at Mauna Loa, Hawaii (Thejll et al 2014), and can therefore look up (Kwon et al 2004) the celestial visual-band sky brightness next to the DS of the Moon for each image. We find that the intensity of the zodiacal light and the starlight, in the sky next to the Moon, for all our observations varies by 2 orders of magnitude and lie in the range 0.0003−0.03 counts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We estimate the ZL and SL contributions using observed distributions of ZL and stars. We use ZL tables found in the literature such as Allen (1975); Levasseur-Regourd & Dumont (1980); Leinert et al (1997); Kwon et al (2004) and here choose Kwon et al (2004) who provide an independent, more highly resolved model of the ZL, based on extensive analogue visual-band observational material obtained at Mt. Haleakala, Hawaii, in the 1960s and recently digitized.…”

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Influence of celestial light on lunar surface brightness determinations: Application to earthshine studies

Thejll

Gleisner

Flynn³

2015

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Aims. We consider the influence of celestial-sphere brightness on determinations of terrestrial albedo from earthshine intensity measurements. In particular, the contributions from zodiacal light and starlight are considered. Methods. Using published data for the zodiacal light (ZL) and stellar brightness distribution across the sky, we calculate the expected contribution to the sky at the position of the Moon in typical earthshine observations, and the magnitude relative to typical earthshine intensities. We derive terrestrial albedo with and without the ZL correction in order to gauge the magnitude of the effect. Results. We find that celestial-sphere surface brightness can be so large that a considerable and unacceptable error level would have an impact on half of typical earthshine-based albedo-determinations if left unaccounted for. Considering the empirical uncertainty on ZL, we show that almost all our earthshine data can be used if a sky correction is made. In real observations we find up to a 1% effect on albedo results of correcting for the celestial brightness. Conclusions. Correction for ZL and starlight brightness is essential to earthshine measurements if climate-science relevant levels of terrestrial albedo accuracy are to be achieved, something that has not yet been realized. With ZL and starlight corrections the earthshine method can potentially yield accurate terrestrial albedo values.

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“…Polarization observations are also expected in the coming triennium. Kwon et al (2004) report the development of a wide-field imaging camera system with similar capabilities called WICZO. An all-sky cloud-monitoring system that generates relative opacity maps over many of the world's premier astronomical observatories is described by (Shamir and Nemiroff, 2005) while Otsuka et al (2002) used all-sky imagers to monitor the airglow.…”

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“…Haleakala, Hawaii from 1968 obtained by J. L. Weinberg still yield new Zodiacal Light brightness maps. Kwon et al (2004) derived maps with spatial resolution of 2 degrees square at 10 percent relative brightness uncertainty level. They show asymmetries in the ZL brightness distribution over the morning and evening sides and also over the northern and southern ecliptic hemispheres that are in broad scale agreement with thermal emission data.…”

Section: Scattering and Thermal Emission From The Interplanetary Dustmentioning

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Commission 21: Light of the Night Sky

Gustafson¹,

Witt²,

Dwek³

et al. 2005

Proc. IAU

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Commission 21, one of IAU's smallest commissions, consists of some hundred members and consultants working to understand and describe the light of the night sky with emphasis on the diffuse components. Many more work on these topics without being members of the commission. Light is here defined in its broader sense of electromagnetic radiation of any frequency. The diffuse components of the light of the night sky encompass a variety of physical phenomena over the full range of cosmic distance scales and include scattered light, thermal emission, line emission, and any other emission phenomena producing a diffuse light source. These attract interest not only as scientific topics of study in their own right but also as an unwanted foreground or background against which all other sky phenomena are observed. Commission 21 has for mandate to promote research and availability of results on issues related to the diffuse light of the night sky. This document is a report on activities in this field and is not confined to the activities of its members, no distinction is made between work carried out by commission members and non commission members. The report is organized starting with a summary of the state of broad surveys that provide most of the observations. The report on developments in the various disciplines start with the sources closest to the observer known as airglow and progresses by way of the interplanetary and interstellar mediums to the increasingly distant integrated starlight, diffuse galactic light and diffuse emission in other galaxies ending with the extragalactic background radiation.

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An observational model of the zodiacal light brightness distribution

Cited by 25 publications

References 15 publications

Measurements of the Gegenschein brightness from the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI)

Measurements of the Gegenschein brightness from the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI)

Influence of celestial light on lunar surface brightness determinations: Application to earthshine studies

Commission 21: Light of the Night Sky

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