Path: Imaging/Optics
% Computes zodiacal light due to dust.
The zodiacal light is caused by sunlight scattered by
interplanetary dust particles.
Type ZodiacalLight for a demo
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Form:
m = ZodiacalLight( r, beta )
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Inputs
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r (1,:) Radius from the sun (AU)
beta (1,:) Ecliptic latitude (rad)
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Outputs
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m (1,:) Intensity (W/m^2/rad^2)
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Reference: R. Meissner, "Brightness Measurements of Stars and
the Night-Sky with a Silicon-Photomultiplier-Telescope"
Physikalischen Institut A, 9/2012.
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Common: Graphics/Plot2D Common: Transform/VM2Int
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