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Three-dimensional dust density maps are crucial for understanding the structure of the interstellar medium of the Milky Way and the processes that shape it. However, constructing these maps requires large datasets and the methods used to…

We model the ~1--19$\mum$ infrared (IR) extinction curve toward the Galactic Center (GC) in terms of the standard silicate-graphite interstellar dust model. The grains are taken to have a power law size distribution with an exponential…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Jian Gao , Aigen Li , B. W. Jiang

We use the VVV survey observations in bulge regions close to the Galactic plane to trace the bar inclination at the Galactic latitude b\sim\pm1{\deg} and to investigate a distinct structure in the inner regions of the bar that was…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-30 O. A. Gonzalez , M. Rejkuba , D. Minniti , M. Zoccali , E. Valenti , R. K. Saito

We analyze extragalactic extinction profiles derived through gamma-ray burst afterglows, using a dust model specifically constructed on the assumption that dust grains are not immutable but respond time-dependently to the local physics.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-04 Alberto Zonca , Cesare Cecchi-Pestellini , Giacomo Mulas , Silvia Casu , Giambattista Aresu

The distribution of visual interstellar extinction $A_V$ has been mapped in selected areas over the Northern sky, using available LAMOST DR5 and Gaia DR2/EDR3 data. $A_V$ was modelled as a barometric function of galactic latitude and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-07-15 Alexei Nekrasov , Kirill Grishin , Dana Kovaleva , Oleg Malkov

We have determined the ratios of total to selective extinction directly from observations in the optical V band and near-infrared J band toward the Galactic center. The OGLE (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) Galactic bulge fields…

In this paper we explore the relation between dust extinction and stellar light distribution in disks of spiral galaxies. Extinction influences our dynamical and photometric perception of disks, since it can distort our measurement of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. W. Holwerda , R. A. González , P. C. van der Kruit , Ronald J. Allen

It has been suggested that the ratio of total-to-selective extinction RV in dust in the interstellar medium differs in the Galactic bulge from its value in the local neighborhood. We attempt to test this suggestion. The mid-infrared…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 S. R. Pottasch , J. Bernard-Salas

We present an analysis of 436 lines of sight with extinction data covering wavelength range from near-infrared (NIR) to ultraviolet (UV). We use J, H, K photometry from 2MASS database, the IR intrinsic colors from Wegner (1994), and UV…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Anna Geminale , Piotr Popowski

Using near infrared UKIDSS Galactic Plane Survey data, we make extinction measurements to individual stars along the same line of sight as molecular clouds. Using an existing 3D extinction map of the inner Galaxy, that provides line of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 J. J. Stead , M. G. Hoare

Galaxies behind the Milky Way suffer size reduction and dimming due to their obscuration by dust in the disk of our Galaxy. The degree of obscuration is wavelength dependent. It decreases towards longer wavelengths. Compared to the optical,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Ihab F. Riad , Renée C. Kraan-Korteweg , Patrick A. Woudt

Aims. We aim to map the 3D distribution of the interstellar extinction of the Milky Way disk up to distances larger than those probed with the Gaia parallax alone. Methods. We apply the FEDReD (Field Extinction-Distance Relation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-16 C. Hottier , C. Babusiaux , F. Arenou

We measure the extinction curve in the central 200 pc of M31 at mid-ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths (from 1928A to 1.5{\mu}m), using Swift/UVOT and HST WFC3/ACS observations in thirteen bands. Taking advantage of the high angular…

The bulge is a region of the Galaxy which is of tremendous interest for understanding Galaxy formation. However, measuring photometry and kinematics in it raises several inherent issues, like high extinction in the visible and severe…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 A. C. Robin , C. Reylé , S. Picaud , M. Schultheis

Determining the infrared extinction curve towards the Galactic centre is crucial for accurately correcting observed data and deriving the underlying stellar populations. However, extinction curves reported in the literature often show…

We present an independent estimate of the interstellar extinction law for the Spitzer IRAC bands as well as a first attempt at extending the law to the 24micron MIPS band. The source data for these measurements are observations of five…

[Abridged] We describe the near-infrared reddening signature of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) in external galaxies. In particular, we examine the E(J-H) and E(H-K) color-excesses, and the effective extinction law observed in discrete GMC…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jouni Kainulainen , Mika Juvela , Joao Alves

While it is well recognized that both the Galactic interstellar extinction curves and the gas-phase abundances of dust-forming elements exhibit considerable variations from one sight line to another, as yet most of the dust extinction…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-22 W. B. Zuo , Aigen Li , Gang Zhao

For more than 5000 stars with accurate parallaxes from the Hipparcos and Gaia DR1 Tycho-Gaia astrometric solution (TGAS), Tycho-2 photometry, interstellar polarization from eight catalogues and interstellar extinction from eight 3D maps the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-07-26 George Gontcharov

A precise extinction law is a critical input when interpreting observations of highly reddened sources such as young star clusters and the Galactic Center (GC). We use Hubble Space Telescope observations of a region of moderate extinction…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-03-14 M. W. Hosek , J. R. Lu , J. Anderson , T. Do , E. F. Schlafly , A. M. Ghez , W. I. Clarkson , M. R. Morris , S. M. Albers