A&A Supplement series, Vol. 127, January I 1998, 1-99
Received August 7; accepted September 8, 1997
Ch. Leinert
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S. Bowyer
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L.K. Haikala
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M.S. Hanner
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M.G. Hauser
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A.-Ch. Levasseur-Regourd
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I. Mann
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K. Mattila
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W.T. Reach
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W. Schlosser
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H.J. Staude
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G.N. Toller
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J.L. Weiland
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J.L. Weinberg
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A.N. Witt
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Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie,
Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Astronomy Dept., University of California,
601 Campbell Hall, Berkeley CA 94720, U.S.A.
Observatory, P.O. Box 14, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
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Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie,
Max-Planck-Straße 2, D-37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris XI,
91405 Orsay Cedex, France
Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
General Sciences Corporation, 6100 Chevy Chase Drive, Laurel, MD 20707,
U.S.A.
Hughes STX, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Code 685.9, Greenbelt,
MD 20771, U.S.A.
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Ritter Astrophys. Res. Center, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606,
U.S.A.
In the following we present material in tabular and graphical form,
with the aim to allow the non-specialist to obtain a realistic
estimate of the diffuse night sky brightness over a wide range
of wavelengths from the far UV longward of Ly
to the far-infrared. At the same time the
data are to provide a reference for cases in which background brightness
has to be discussed, including the planning for space observations
and the issue of protection of observatory sites. We try to
give a critical presentation of the status at the beginning of 1997.
keywords: diffuse radiation -- interplanetary medium -- atmospheric effects -- astronomical dabases: miscellaneous -- infrared: general -- ultraviolet: general