NASA NTRS · 19720042447
Observations of the diffuse galactic light.
Abstract
Systematic observations during five nights were made with a field of 137 arc seconds at a fixed declination of 20 deg 42 min through one arm of the Milky Way over a range of right ascension from 257 to 336 deg. Corrections for zodiacal light, airglow, and integrated starlight leave a residual which is interpreted as the diffuse galactic light. The residual, plotted against galactic latitude, suggests that the diffuse light in the sample studied emanates from several discrete sources.
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Roach, F. E., Smith, L. L., Pfleiderer, J., Batishko, C., Batishko, K.. 1972-04-15. Observations of the diffuse galactic light.. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19720042447
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