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Using a grid of empirically calibrated synthetic spectra developed in our previous study, we construct an all-sky 3D extinction map from the large collection of low-resolution XP spectra in Gaia DR3. Along each line of sight, with an area…

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We present mean reddenings toward 3525 RR0 Lyrae stars from the Galactic bulge fields of the MACHO Survey. These reddenings are determined using the color at minimum $V$-band light of the RR0 Lyrae stars themselves and are found to be in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrea Kunder , Piotr Popowski , Kem H. Cook , Brian Chaboyer

In this poster we show our preliminary analysis of DIBs (Diffuse Interstellar Bands) and other interstellar absorption lines with the purpose of understanding their origin and their relationship with extinction. We use the biggest Galactic…

Knowledge of the three-dimensional structure of Galactic molecular clouds is important for understanding how clouds are affected by processes such as turbulence and magnetic fields and how this structure effects star formation within them.…

Three-dimensional maps of the Galactic interstellar medium are general astrophysical tools. Reddening maps may be based on the inversion of color excess measurements for individual target stars or on statistical methods using stellar…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-18 Letizia Capitanio , Rosine Lallement , Jean Luc Vergely , Meriem Elyajouri , Ana Monreal-Ibero

There is a longstanding discrepancy between the observed Galactic classical nova rate of $\sim 10$ yr$^{-1}$ and the predicted rate from Galactic models of $\sim 30$--50 yr$^{-1}$. One explanation for this discrepancy is that many novae are…

For nearly a century, imaging and spectroscopic surveys of galaxies have given us information about the contents of the universe. We attempt to define the logical endpoint of such surveys by defining not the next galaxy survey, but the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-11-25 Jason Rhodes , Eric Huff , Daniel Masters , Anna Nierenberg

We study the extinction properties of the composite dust grains, consisting of host silicate spheroids and graphite as inclusions, using discrete dipole approximation (DDA). We calculate the extinction cross sections of the composite grains…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Nisha Katyal , Ranjan Gupta , D B Vaidya

We use near-infrared (J-K)-colours of bright 2MASS galaxies, measured within a 7"-radius aperture, to calibrate the Schlegel et al. (1998) DIRBE/IRAS Galactic extinction map at low Galactic latitudes ($|b| < 10^{\rm o}$). Using 3460…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-10 A. C. Schröder , W. van Driel , R. C. Kraan-Korteweg

Extinction in galaxies affects their observed properties. In scenarios describing the distribution of dust and stars in individual disk galaxies, the amplitude of the extinction can be modulated by the inclination of the galaxies. In this…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Ching-Wa Yip , Alex Szalay , Rosemary Wyse , Laszlo Dobos , Tamas Budavari , Istvan Csabai

The large majority of extinction sight lines in our Galaxy obey a simple relation depending on one parameter, the total-to-selective extinction coefficient, Rv. Different values of Rv are able to match the whole extinction curve through…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Paola Mazzei , Guido Barbaro

In this study, we derived a galactic extinction map in high ecliptic latitudes for |\beta| > 30 degrees. The dust temperature distribution was derived from the intensities at 100 and 140 \mu m with a spatial resolution of 5'. The intensity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Tsunehito Kohyama , Hiroshi Shibai , Misato Fukagawa , Takahiro Sumi , Yasunori Hibi

We derive the extinction curve towards the Galactic Center from 1 to 19 micron. We use hydrogen emission lines of the minispiral observed by ISO-SWS and SINFONI. The extinction free flux reference is the 2 cm continuum emission observed by…

We present values for angular diameter, flux and extinction for 70 Galactic planetary nebulae observed using narrow band filters. Angular diameters are derived using constant emissivity shell and photoionization line emission models. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 P. M. E. Ruffle , A. A. Zijlstra , J. R. Walsh , M. D. Gray , K. Gesicki , D. Minniti , F. Comeron , .

We present a catalogue of distances, masses and ages for $\sim3$ million stars in the second Gaia data release with spectroscopic parameters available from the large spectroscopic surveys: APOGEE, Gaia-ESO, GALAH, LAMOST, RAVE and SEGUE. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-09-24 Jason L. Sanders , Payel Das

We present an extensive study of the radiative transfer in dusty galaxies based on Monte Carlo simulations. The main output of these simulations are the attenuation curves ${\cal A}_\lambda$ (i.e. the ratio between the observed, dust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Ferrara , S. Bianchi , A. Cimatti , C. Giovanardi

Using a high-resolution cosmological hydrodynamic simulation, we present a method to constrain extinction due to intergalactic grey dust based on the observed magnitudes of distant Type IA supernovae. We apply several simple prescriptions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 Rupert A. C. Croft , Romeel Dave' , Lars Hernquist , Neal Katz

Stellar distances constitute a foundational pillar of astrophysics. The publication of 1.47 billion stellar parallaxes from Gaia is a major contribution to this. Yet despite Gaia's precision, the majority of these stars are so distant or…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-26 C. A. L. Bailer-Jones , J. Rybizki , M. Fouesneau , M. Demleitner , R. Andrae

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

Accurate interpretation of observations relies on the interstellar dust extinction law, which also serves as a powerful diagnostic for probing dust properties. In this study, we investigate the multi-wavelength extinction law of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-14 Juan Deng , Shu Wang , Biwei Jiang , He Zhao