Scale lengths in disk surface brightness as probes of dust extinction in three spiral galaxies: M51, NGC 3631, and NGC 4321

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 467, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 175-190

  Beckman, J E ^a,b   Peletier, R F ^c   Knapen, J H ^d   Corradi, R L M ^e   Gentet, L J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Observatoire de Mont Mégantic

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Galaxies: ISM; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: spiral; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749159520     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177593     Document Type: Article

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