|Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 1991. 29: Copyright © 1991 by .
All rights reserved In reviewing the data we consider in this
and the next section the two least controversial spectral
regions which are the wavelengths longward of 2500 Å where the
signal is dominated by zodiacal light and the shortest
wavelengths with < 1216 Å. The first spectroscopic observation
of zodiacal light in the spectral range 1700 to 3200 Å was made
by Feldman (23). Early observations are reviewed by Tennyson et
al (110). The data of Tennyson et al are themselves of
considerable interest and are shown in Figure 10. They were
obtained by means of a sounding rocket flight, and the spectra
shown were obtained at the highest altitudes (above 257 km).
Figure 10. High altitude rocket cosmic background spectrum
(solid line with error bars) of Tennyson et al (110) includes
zodiacal light (dashed line) and terrestrial NO airglow emission
[NO - (dotted line) and -bands (solid line)]. The residual after
these are removed appears in Figure 11. Zo