Bibcode
Cabrera-Lavers, A.; Garzón, F.; Hammersley, P.
Referencia bibliográfica
Milky Way Surveys: The Structure and Evolution of our Galaxy, Proceedings of ASP Conference #317. The 5th Boston University Astrophysics Conference held 15-17 June, 2003 at Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. Edited by Dan Clemens, Ronak Shah, and Teresa Brainerd. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004., p.271
Fecha de publicación:
12
2004
Número de citas
0
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Descripción
We analyze the stellar distribution in the Galactic disc 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 Besançon 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.