We have constructed a full-sky map of the far-infrared suitable for measuring Galactic reddening and extinction (Schlegel, Finkbeiner & Davis 1998: SFD). The SFD map is based upon extensive re-analysis of data from the COBE/DIRBE and IRAS satellite missions. We demonstrate that the maps can correct for extinction problems in the APM galaxy survey. We also determine the most dust-free regions for conducting cosmic microwave background or soft X-ray experiments of extragalactic objects.
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9809230,
title = {Application of SFD Dust Maps to Galaxy Counts and CMB Experiments},
author = {D. J. Schlegel and D. P. Finkbeiner and M. Davis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9809230},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
To appear in: Wide Field Surveys in Cosmology, eds. S. Colombi and Y. Mellier; Latex file, 4 pages with 2 figures