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astro-ph1996
The UIT Survey of the Ultraviolet Sky Background
William H. Waller, Theodore P. Stecher, Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope Science Team
When viewed from above the Earth's atmosphere, the nighttime ultraviolet sky background is profoundly dark - up to 100 times fainter than the equivalent visible background as measu…
astro-ph1996
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UIT) Observations of the SMC
Robert H. Cornett, Theodore P. Stecher, the UIT Science Team
A mosaic of four UIT far-UV (FUV; 1620A) images, which covers most of the SMC bar, is presented, with derived stellar and HII region photometry. The UV morphology of the SMC's Bar…