Extinction in the Galaxy from Surface Brightnesses of ESO-LV Galaxies: Testing "Standard" Extinction Maps

Acta Astronomica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-280

  Choloniewski J ^a   Valentijn, E A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxy: general; Methods: statistical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344550513     PISSN: 00015237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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