We have investigated the interstellar reddening law of young open clusters within 3kpc from the Sun using optical, near-IR 2MASS, and Spitzer IRAC data. The total-to-selective extinction ratio Rv of 162 young open clusters (log t{age} <= 7.3) listed in the open cluster database WEBDA is determined from the color excess ratios. The young open clusters in the Sgr-Car arm show a relatively higher RV, those in the Per arm and in the Cygnus region of the local arm show a relatively smaller value, and those in the Mon-CMa region of the local arm show a normal value (Rv ~ 3.1).
@article{arxiv.1402.1549,
title = {The Interstellar Reddening Law within 3kpc from the Sun},
author = {Hwankyung Sung and M. S. Bessell},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.1549},
year = {2014}
}
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2 figures, 3 pages, presented in the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Stellar Atrophysics, to be appeared in the ASP Conference Series, Vol 482