The opacity of nearby galaxies from colors and counts of background galaxies. I. The synthetic field method and its application to NGC 4536 and NGC 3664

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 506, Issue 1 PART I, 1998, Pages 152-176

  González, Rosa A ^a   Allen, Ronald J ^a   Dirscn, Boris ^d   Ferguson, Henry C ^a,b   Calzetti, Daniela ^a   Panagia, Nino ^a,c  

^a AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c On Assignment from Astrophysics Division   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 3664, NGC 4536); Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 22444453629     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/306242     Document Type: Article

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