J/A+AS/127/1ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/127/1CDSLeinert C.Bowyer S.Haikala L.K.Hanner M.S.Hauser M.G.,Levasseur-Regourd A.-C.Mann I.Mattila K.Reach W.T.Schlosser W.,Staude H.J.Toller G. N.Weiland J.L.Weinberg J.L.Witt A.N.1998-08-31T11:26:58Z1998-08-31T11:26:50ZCDS support team

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cds-question@unistra.frastronomical-reference-materialsearth-planetIn 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{alpha} 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 1997.1998A&AS..127....1Lhttps://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+AS/127/1CatalogResearchIsServedByTAP VizieR generic servicerelated-toJ/A+AS/112/99 : Calar Alto Obs. sky brightness (Leinert+, 1995)J/A+AS/119/153 : La Silla Observatory sky brightness 1978-1988 (Mattila+ 1996)https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.htmlhttps://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+AS/127/1https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+AS/127/1http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/A+AS/127/1https://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+AS/127/1https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+AS/127/1http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/votable?-source=J/A+AS/127/1GETtext/xml+votablehttps://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tapdefaultJ/A+AS/127/1/refsReferencesrecnoRecord number assigned by the VizieR team. Should Not be used for identification.meta.recordintRefReference codemeta.bib.bibcodecharBibCodeBibcodemeta.bib.bibcodecharAutAutors names and commentsmeta.bib.authorchar