Stellar Distribution in the Galactic Disk from NIR Color-Magnitude Diagrams

Bibcode
2004ASSL..315..221C
DOI
10.1007/1-4020-2620-X_44
Cabrera-Lavers, A.; Garzón, F.; Hammersley, P.
Bibliographical reference

How Does the Galaxy Work? A Galactic Tertulia with Don Cox and Ron Reynolds. Edited by Emilio J. Alfaro, Instituto de Astrofica de Andalucía (CSIC), Granada, Spain; Enrique Pérez, Instituto de Astrofíxica de Andalucía (CSIC), Granada, Spain; José Franco, Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México. ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY Volume 315. ISBN 1-4020-2619-6 (HB); ISBN 1-4020-2620-X (e-book). Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2004, p.221

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2004
Number of authors
3
IAC number of authors
3
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0
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Description
We analyze the stellar distribution in the Galactic disk via NIR color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs). Extinction measurements in the K band are also extracted from the diagrams both for supporting stellar counts predictions of the Besaçon and "SKY" models and for comparing with a three dimensional model of the Galactic extinction. The method is based on extracting a well known stellar population from the CMDs providing a simple empirical way to obtain the stellar density and interstellar extinction along a line of sight.
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Non-refereed

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