Where can I find examples of FUSE airglow spectra?
. FUSE is in low-Earth orbit, so astronomical spectra taken with FUSE include various emissions that originate in the terrestrial atmosphere. The strongest of these “airglow” emissions is the H I Lyman-beta line at 1026 Angstroms, but many other airglow lines can be seen in FUSE spectra, including other members of the H I Lyman series, various O I multiplets, an N I multiplet near 1134 Angstroms, and two He I lines (537 and 584 Angstroms) that appear in second order (i.e., at 1074 and 1168 Angstroms). Fortunately, most of the airglow lines are generally weak enough that they will have no significant effect on the scientific objectives of most programs. Further information, including actual FUSE spectra that illustrate the airglow lines, can be found at our FUSE airglow site. You may also be interested in the recently published airglow paper by Feldman et al. that describes FUSE observations of the terrestrial airglow.
