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NASA NTRS · 19970013667

COBE Final Report: Dirbe Celestial Calibration

Abstract

We report the results of a comparative study of the COsmic Background Explorer/Diffuse InfraRed Background Experiment (COBE/DIRBE) photometric calibration over about 100 selected stellar and non-stellar calibration objects across a wide range of the DIRBE instrument dynamic range, wavelength coverage, and source temperature. A statistical comparison of the DIRBE-reported flux to the accepted values from the literature (as summarized in the CIO) provides an independent verification of the DIRBE point source calibration.

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Burdick, Shawn V., Murdock, Thomas L.. 1997-03-26. COBE Final Report: Dirbe Celestial Calibration. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19970013667

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