KnowraAtmospheric extinctionLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Atmospheric extinction, each with the reason it gives.All 8Related 6Compared with 2Interstellar extinctionCompared with: It affects ground-based observations but arises in Earth’s air, not interstellar matter.Astronomical seeingCompared with: Extinction dims sources; seeing redistributes their image across neighboring directions.