Constraining the local reddening distribution of SA 98 by star counts

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 309-317

  Chen, Alfred Bing Chih ^a   Méndez, René A ^b,d   Tsay, Wean Shun ^a   Lu, Phillip K ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CERRO TOLOLO INTER AMERICAN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Galaxy: Fundamental parameters; Galaxy: Structure; ISM: Structure; Methods: Statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040216601     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318045     Document Type: Article

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