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Drimmel, R.; Lopez-Corredoira, M.; Cabrera-Lavers, A.
Bibliographical reference
Astrophysics of Dust, Estes Park, Colorado, May 26 - 30, 2003. Edited by Adolf N. Witt, meeting abstract.
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A three-dimensional model of the dust distribution in the Milky Way is
presented based on FIR observations made by the COBE satellite. This
model is a further development of that first presented by Drimmel &
Spergel (2001). Here the molecular ring has been added, which shows
evidence of ellipticity, as well as a central hole in the disk.
Temperature gradients associated with the spiral arms have also been
added. Description of dust within a few kiloparsecs of the Sun,
associated with the local Orion arm, is further constrained by recent
observations of nearby HII regions. Extinction along several
lines-of-sight close to the Galactic plane is confronted with empirical
measures using 2MASS data.