Large angular scale anisotropy of the CBR : LOBE DMR observations

Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CM BR) have put the standard model of cosmology, the Big Bang, on firm footing and provide tests of various ideas of large scale structure formation and the origin of the universe. Ground-based measurements of the cosmic background radiation are hampered by emission from atmospheric O2 and H2O molecules. This has forced precision experiments to high altitudes and balloon-borne instrumentation. Ultimately, space has proven to be the most reliable venue for these observations. However, the foreground galactic emissions. in particular dust thermoral emission as well as emission from energetic electrons, provide a serious limit to observations.