UBVRI night sky brightness during sunspot maximum at ESO-Paranal

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 400, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1183-1198

  Patat, F ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Light pollution; Site testing; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; DATA REDUCTION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PHOTOMETRY; SITE SELECTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LIGHT POLLUTION;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0037339769     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20030030     Document Type: Article

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