A three-dimensional Galactic extinction model

Drimmel, R.; Cabrera-Lavers, A.; López-Corredoira, M.
Bibliographical reference

Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.409, p.205-215 (2003)

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10
2003
Number of authors
3
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
381
Refereed citations
336
Description
A large-scale three-dimensional model of Galactic extinction is presented based on the Galactic dust distribution model of citet{DS01}. The extinction AV to any point within the Galactic disk can be quickly deduced using a set of three-dimensional Cartesian grids. Extinctions from the model are compared to empirical extinction measures, including lines-of-sight in and near the Galactic plane using optical and NIR extinction measures; in particular we show how extinction can be derived from NIR color-magnitude diagrams in the Galactic plane to a distance of 8 kiloparsec.