http://arxiv.org/abs/1701.07644
We have used GALEX data of the North and South Galactic poles to separate the Galactic and extragalactic components of the diffuse ultraviolet background. We find, consistent with previous observations, an FUV (1531 \AA) offset of $261 \pm 16$ and $263 \pm 16$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ sr$^{-1}$ \AA $^{-1}$ in the NGP and the SGP, respectively. The corresponding offsets for the NUV (2361 \AA) are $475 \pm 15$ and $535 \pm 19$ photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ sr$^{-1}$ \AA $^{-1}$ in the NGP and the SGP, respectively. Less than 150 photon units are due to extragalactic sources with the remaining 150 (FUV) and 400 (NUV) photons cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ sr$^{-1}$ \AA $^{-1}$ due to an unidentified source.
J. Murthy, M. Akshaya, S. Ravichandran, et. al.
Fri, 27 Jan 17
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Comments: 9 pages, 12 figures submitted to MNRAS