Galactic Cirrus and Zodiacal Light


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WHAT IS THE SCALE??? from http://lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product/cobe/cobe_image_table.cfm

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frequency = 299792 GHz-μm/λ

Z zodiacal, C cirrus

Band(um)

12μm

25μm

48μm

60μm

100μm

frequency

25 THz

12 THz

6.25 THz

5 THz

3 THz

|| Z nW/m2-sr || 2800 || 1800 || 370 || 190 || 42 ||

Z Jy-sr

1.12e7

1.5e7

5.9e6

3.8e6

1.4e6

C nW/m2-sr

4.8

2.3

3.0

3.2

13

C Jy-sr

1.9e4

1.9e4

4.8e4

6.4e4

4.3e5