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Habing field
  میدان ِ هابینگ  
meydân-e Habing
Fr.: champ de Habing  

A unit used to express the strength of average → far ultraviolet (FUV) intensity in the → interstellar radiation field. It is equal to 1.2 × 10-4 erg cm-2 s-1 sr-1

= 1.6 × 10-3 cm-2 s-1 = 108 photons cm-2 s-1.

See also: Named after Harm Habing, a pioneer in this field (Habing, H. J., 1968, Bull. Astr. Netherlands 19, 421).