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WE have now observed the luminosity of the night sky for three years at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, using photometers kindly supplied by Lord Rayleigh. These measure the absolute intensities of three regions of the spectrum—the red, a patch of green which includes the auroral line, and the blue.
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DUFFIELD, W. Observations of Luminosity of the Night Sky. Nature 123, 202–203 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123202a0
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