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The Galactic Halo’s O VI Resonance Line Intensity

  • Authors: Robin L. Shelton, Shauna M. Sallmen, and Edward B. Jenkins

Shelton, Sallmen, & Jenkins 2007 The Astrophysical Journal 659 365.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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LiF 1A spectra, binned by 0.065 Å and plotted relative to the corrected wavelength for the LSR reference frame. Top: Spectrum from the satellite‐night portion of the data. Bottom: Spectrum from the full data set. The O VI 1032 and 1038 Å and the C II* emission lines appear in both the night‐only and the day+night spectra. The feature at 1031.2 Å in the day+night spectrum may be the second‐order diffraction of an atmospheric emission feature of He I at 515.62 Å. It, like the Earth’s airglow emission lines (crossed circles), appears much brighter in the day+night spectrum than in the night‐only spectrum.

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