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1.1.6 The S10 (V) Unit of Surface Brightness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. G. Sparrow  and
J. L. Weinberg
J. G. Sparrow
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, State University of New York at Albany
J. L. Weinberg
Affiliation:
Space Astronomy Laboratory, State University of New York at Albany

Abstract

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A source for some of the discrepancies among reported zodiacal light measurements is suggested, and a plea is made for more uniformity in the choice of units used to report zodiacal light results.

Type
1 Zodiacal Light
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 31: Interplanetary Dust and Zodiacal Light , 1976 , pp. 41 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © Springer-Verlag 1976

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