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An Attempt to Observe Zodiacal Light at 5μ with a Balloon Experiment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

E. Pitz
E. Pitz*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, 6900 Heidelberg-Königstuhl, Federal Republic of Germany

Abstract

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Observations of the infrared emission of the interplanetary dust enable a more direct analysis to be made of interplanetary dust material than is possible from observations of the scattered sunlight. A liquid nitrogen cooled photometer with Indium Antimonide detectors is described which has been developed for balloon-borne observations of the zodiacal light. The provision of both difference and absolute flux measurement modes will allow the observation of the zodiacal light, and the presumably much more intense emission of the high atmosphere, respectively.

Type
I: Zodiacal Light - Measurements and Models
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 90: Solid Particles in the Solar System , 1980 , pp. 29 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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