We present three dimensional maps in monochromatic extinction A0 and the extinction parameter R0 within a few degrees of the Galactic plane. These are inferred using photometry from the Pan-STARRS1 and Spitzer Glimpse surveys of nearly 20 million stars located in the region l=0−250∘ and from b=−4.5∘ to b=4.5∘. Given the available stellar number density, we use an angular resolution of 7′×7′ and steps of 1mag in distance modulus. We simultaneously estimate distance modulus and effective temperature Teff alongside the other parameters for stars individually using the method of \citet{Hanson2014} before combining these estimates to a complete map. The full maps are available via the MNRAS website.
@article{arxiv.1609.03177,
title = {Dust in three dimensions in the Galactic Plane},
author = {R. J. Hanson and C. A. L. Bailer-Jones and W. S. Burgett and K. C. Chambers and K. W. Hodapp and N. Kaiser and J. L. Tonry and R. J. Wainscoat and C. Waters},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.03177},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in MNRAS. Free-access version available at http://mnras.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/stw2240?ijkey=8TdulFJR3q3ppl1&keytype=ref - data temporarily available at http://www.rhanson.de/gpdust