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Measurement of the Doppler Width of the λ 5577 Line in the Night Sky

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A DETERMINATION of the Doppler width of the λ 5577 oxygen line in the night sky spectrum was attempted by Babcock1; but his instrumentation permitted only an estimate of the upper limit of this width and hence of the temperature of the emitting layer. We wish to report here preliminary results of a new study of the λ 5577 line using improved interferometric apparatus.

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  1. Berkeley Astronomical Department, University of California, Berkeley

    DAVID Q. WARK

  2. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley

    JOHN M. STONE

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WARK, D., STONE, J. Measurement of the Doppler Width of the λ 5577 Line in the Night Sky. Nature 175, 254–255 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175254b0

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