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The Aitoff projection is an equal area projection which can be
used to produce photometrically correct maps of the entire
celestial sphere. All-sky maps produced in this way have a
characteristic elliptical shape.
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IRAS90 --- IRAS Survey and PO Data Analysis Package --- Reference Guide
Starlink User Note 163
David S. Berry, W Gong, D C Parsons
19 February 1995
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk
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