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Sky Backgrounds at Paranal

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Band JHKs LM-NB
Magnitude16.514.413.03.91.2

Typical IR Backgrounds at Paranal (mag/arcsec-2), from J. Cuby et al., The Messenger 101, p.3, September 2000. Note that K, L and M values include telescope background.

Band UBV RI
Magnitude22.2822.6421.6120.8719.71

Average background at Paranal (mag/arcsec-2), from >4000 FORS1 exposured during Apr.-Sep. 2001, by F. Patat, UBVRI Night Sky Brightness at ESO-Paranal during sunspot maximum.

see also the (U, B, V, R, I, Z) sky brightness as a function of days from full moon

see also the E-ELT Background Model


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