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The FLS Within-the-Milky-Way component:
A. Science Goals
The workshop sought to identify observations which would help to
characterize the properties of the sky as seen by SIRTF instruments, which
would be useful to SIRTF observers. The participants came up with three
main science goals:
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Characterize the cirrus and background source counts at low galactic
latitudes; this will help guide MIPS and IRAC observers who wish to observe
close to the galactic plane.
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Characterize internal cirrus and background source counts toward a
molecular cloud; it will be useful to observers of stars and dust in
molecular clouds to know how limiting are fluctuations in internal cirrus
and extinction, and how well one can distinguish embedded and background
populations.
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Characterize the ecliptic plane and zodiacal light for solar system
observations, to estimate the possible confusion by moving objects and by
zodiacal light.
Go back to Workshop Report or
FLS history page.
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