Dipole Anisotropy in the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers First-Year Sky Maps
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
- Vol. 419, 1
- https://doi.org/10.1086/173453
Abstract
We present a determination of the cosmic microwave background dipole amplitude and direction from the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometers (DMR) first year of data. Data from the six DMR channels are consistent with a Doppler-shifted Planck function of dipole amplitude Delta T = 3.365 +/-0.027 mK toward direction (l,b) = (264.4 +/- 0.3 deg, 48.4 +/- 0.5 deg). The implied velocity of the Local Group with respect to the CMB rest frame is 627 +/- 22 km/s toward (l,b) = (276 +/- 3 deg, 30 +/- 3 deg). DMR has also mapped the dipole anisotropy resulting from the Earth's orbital motion about the Solar system barycenter, yielding a measurement of the monopole CMB temperature at 31.5, 53, and 90 GHz, to be 2.75 +/- 0.05 K.Comment: Post Script (4 figures) Ap J 419, 1-6 (1993Keywords
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