Reddening and metallicity maps of the Milky Way bulge from VVV and 2MASS: II. the complete high resolution extinction map and implications for Galactic bulge studies

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 543, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gonzalez, O A ^a   Rejkuba, M ^a   Zoccali, M ^b,c   Valenti, E ^a   Minniti, D ^b,d   Schultheis, M ^e   Tobar, R ^a   Chen, B ^e  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Dust, extinction; Galaxy: bulge; Stars: abundances

Indexed keywords

COLOR; GALAXIES; IMAGE RESOLUTION; STARS; SURVEYS;

DIFFERENTIAL EXTINCTION; DUST , EXTINCTION; EXTINCTION MEASUREMENTS; GALAXY: BULGE; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; OVERLAPPING REGIONS; STARS: ABUNDANCES; STELLAR POPULATIONS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 84862670193     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201219222     Document Type: Article

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