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Intensity of the near infrared OH airglow

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THE OH airglow was studied from the balloon-borne telescope Thisbe on three flights launched in 1971 and 1972 from the NCAR balloon flight station, Palestine, Texas (32°N, 95°W). The principal goal of these flights has been the measurement of the zodiacal light in the near infrared1 with the airglow as a troublesome foreground contribution which had to be determined carefully.

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HOFMANN, W., FREY, A. & LEMKE, D. Intensity of the near infrared OH airglow. Nature 250, 636–637 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/250636b0

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