Scattered Light - A Comparison between Theory and Experiments during the 1973 Transit of Mercury
Abstract
We check the formalism used to derive stray light corrections from measured aureole intensities and correct an error in the pertinent literature. We solve the alledged problem of appropriately normalizing the spread function by treating blurring and scattering separately. We test the method by comparing stray light corrections derived from both the aureole and from intensity profiles across Mercury's disc obtained during the transit of November 10, 1973.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- September 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00156858
- Bibcode:
- 1975SoPh...44..231W
- Keywords:
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- Light Scattering;
- Mercury (Planet);
- Planetary Radiation;
- Photosphere;
- Radiant Flux Density;
- Solar Atmosphere;
- Solar Flux;
- Astrophysics;
- Mercury;
- Intensity Profile;
- Pertinent Literature;
- Light Correction;
- Stray Light Correction