This is a draft graphics explaining where the artificial skyglow comes from. The numbers are valid for ``CIE sky No. 5'' type of scattering (indicatrix function, to be accurate), usual for a clear, but not extremely clear sky, and for ``zenith extinction'' of 0.3 mag.Name Last modified Size Description
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scatt_en_wb.pdf 30-Oct-2007 11:31 6.6K
scatt_en.lan.eps 25-Feb-2005 12:40 9.4K
scatt_cz.lan.eps 25-Feb-2005 12:40 9.4K
scatt_cz.eps 25-Feb-2005 12:40 9.4K
scatt_en.eps 25-Feb-2005 12:39 9.4K
scatt_all.zip 07-Feb-2004 17:07 177K
scatt_cz.png 07-Feb-2004 17:03 84K
scatt_en.88.png 04-Apr-2003 22:50 72K
scatt_en.pdf 04-Apr-2003 22:50 5.6K
scatt_cz.pdf 04-Apr-2003 22:50 18K
The scheme is written as a Postscript code and is easy to adapt to
other languages then Czech and English as well. It could be used to
illustrate the topic dealt with in e.g. my lp_quant3 draft,
see
http://amper.ped.muni.cz/light/drafts/ directory.