| Issue |
A&A
Volume 411, Number 2, November IV 2003
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 313 - 319 | |
| Section | Astronomical instrumentation | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031269 | |
| Published online | 17 November 2003 | |
Studying the diffuse ultraviolet background radiation with tomography
Center for Astrophysical Sciences, Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Corresponding author: henry@jhu.edu
Received:
24
March
2003
Accepted:
12
August
2003
Observation of faint diffuse ultraviolet background radiation is a delicate undertaking, given the brightness of the ultraviolet stars against which discrimination is essential. I demonstrate that the technique of tomography is unsuited to this particular task.
Key words: techniques: spectroscopic / instrumentation: spectrographs / ultraviolet: general
© ESO, 2003
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