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Diffuse galactic light observations at 206 selected areas

Author
Toller, Gary N.
Published
Dec 1, 1989.
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Summary
Space-based, observational diffuse galactic light (DGL) levels at 4400 A are presented as a function of galactic latitude (b). A peak in the ratio of DGL to direct starlight is apparent at the absolute value of b = 5 to 15 deg, where one third of the celestial brightness is due to scattered light. Another salient feature is the general decrease in the relative contribution of the DGL at intermediate and high galactic latitudes. The relationship DGL (S sub 10(V)sub G2V, 4400 A) = 2.4 x 10 (exp -20 N(sub H I) atoms/sq cm may be used to estimate the brightness of DGL from neutral hydrogen column densities when N(sub H I) is less than 2 x 10(exp 21) atoms/sq cm. The results presented here have been used to characterize the interstellar dust in the general interstellar medium. A galaxy model that reproduces observed brightness levels was used to compare theoretical and observed DGL values. This determines two grain parameters - the albedo and the asymmetry of the scattering phase function (g). The results are albedo = .61 + or - .07, and g = .6 + or - .2.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19910005601.
Accession ID: 91N14914.
NASA, Ames Research Center, Interstellar Dust: Contributed Papers; p 61-65.
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