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Observations of the F corona and inner zodiacal light during the 1972 July 10 total solar eclipse

Journal Article · · Astrophys. J., v. 181, no. 1, pp. L15-L17
OSTI ID:4385104
A rocket-borne, four-color, six-channel polarimeter launched from Poker Flat, Alaska, traversed the Moon's umbra during the July 10, 1972 solar eclipse. The brightness and linear polarization of the F corona and inner zodiacal light were measured from altitudes ranging between 310 and 330 km at solar elongations to 30 deg east and west of the Sun. Instrumentally scattered light and a serious trajectory error degraded the data, but intensity observations rnade west of the Sun are less severely affected and are presented. These data overlap and extend the measures planned for the Skylab zodiacal-light experiment. Further observations are required in the 0 deg to 30 deg elongation range. (auth)
Research Organization:
Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM
NSA Number:
NSA-29-005871
OSTI ID:
4385104
Journal Information:
Astrophys. J., v. 181, no. 1, pp. L15-L17, Journal Name: Astrophys. J., v. 181, no. 1, pp. L15-L17; ISSN ASJOA
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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