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9.7 Tabular Sky Backgrounds


We provide Table 9.7 of the "high" sky background numbers as plotted in Figure 9.1. See the text and the caption in Figure 9.1 for more details. These high sky values are defined as the earthshine at 38° from the limb and the high zodiacal light of mv = 22.1 magnitude/arcseconds2.

Table 9.7: High sky backgrounds.
Wavelength
Earthshine
Zodiacal light
Total
background
Å
erg/sec/cm2/Å/arcsec2
erg/sec/cm2/Å/arcsec2
erg/sec/cm2/Å/arcsec2
1000.
2.41E-23
1.26E-28
2.41E-23
1100.
4.38E-22
1.02E-26
4.38E-22
1200.
4.01E-23
1.05E-25
4.02E-23
1400.
4.29E-25
2.50E-24
2.93E-24
1500.
4.16E-25
9.12E-24
9.54E-24
1600.
2.55E-25
2.30E-22
2.30E-22
1700.
7.89E-23
7.06E-21
7.14E-21
1800.
9.33E-23
1.50E-20
1.51E-20
1900.
4.39E-22
2.20E-20
2.24E-20
2000.
1.01E-21
3.49E-20
3.59E-20
2100.
1.60E-21
1.21E-19
1.23E-19
2200.
7.49E-22
2.16E-19
2.17E-19
2300.
3.32E-22
1.75E-19
1.75E-19
2400.
2.50E-22
1.79E-19
1.79E-19
2500.
2.39E-22
2.47E-19
2.47E-19
2600.
5.62E-22
2.93E-19
2.94E-19
2700.
6.77E-21
9.95E-19
1.00E-18
2800.
2.03E-21
2.82E-19
2.91E-19
2900.
4.32E-20
2.04E-18
2.08E-18
3000.
9.34E-20
1.20E-18
1.29E-18
3100.
2.07E-19
1.46E-18
1.67E-18
3200.
3.60E-19
2.25E-18
2.61E-18
3400.
6.40E-19
2.81E-18
3.45E-18
3500.
8.20E-19
2.73E-18
3.55E-18
3600.
1.06E-18
2.68E-18
3.74E-18
3700.
1.22E-18
3.25E-18
4.47E-18
3800.
1.23E-18
3.05E-18
4.28E-18
3900.
1.52E-18
3.27E-18
4.79E-18
4000.
2.38E-18
4.54E-18
6.92E-18
4250.
2.33E-18
4.48E-18
6.81E-18
4500.
2.78E-18
5.32E-18
8.10E-18
5000.
2.55E-18
4.92E-18
7.47E-18
5250.
2.69E-18
5.28E-18
7.97E-18
5500.
2.56E-18
5.20E-18
7.76E-18
5750.
2.56E-18
5.33E-18
7.89E-18
6000.
2.40E-18
5.11E-18
7.51E-18
6250
2.27E-18
4.94E-18
7.21E-18
6500.
2.20E-18
4.88E-18
7.08E-18
6750.
2.07E-18
4.69E-18
6.76E-18
7000.
1.90E-18
4.40E-18
6.30E-18
7250.
1.85E-18
4.34E-18
6.19E-18
7500.
1.73E-18
4.13E-18
5.86E-18
7750.
1.63E-18
3.95E-18
5.58E-18
8000.
1.57E-18
3.85E-18
5.42E-18
8250.
1.48E-18
3.68E-18
5.16E-18
8500.
1.37E-18
3.46E-18
4.83E-18
8750.
1.31E-18
3.36E-18
4.67E-18


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