Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 132, Number 1, October I 1998
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Page(s) | 21 - 27 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1998437 | |
Published online | 15 October 1998 |
Photographic surface photometry of the Southern Milky Way
IX. High-resolution surface photometries at 217 nm and 280 nm
Astronomisches Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
Send offprint request to: L. Schmidtobreick
Received:
15
January
1997
Accepted:
9
March
1998
We present the first surface photometries of the Southern Milky Way
(;
)
at 217 nm and 280 nm. The resolution is
.
They are based on photographs obtained with the shuttle-borne
GAUSS-Camera as part of the German Spacelab Mission D-2.
These photometries are the extensions of the earth-bound
photometries (Kimeswenger et al. 1993 = Paper VII; Hoffmann et al. 1997 = Paper VIII) to the ultraviolet. The data processing was modified
to adapt it to the new data. Both photometries are strongly affected by
interstellar extinction especially of local dark clouds.
Hence, they provide a comprehensive overview of scattering caused light
emission in our Galaxy.
Key words: Galaxy (the): structure / Galaxy (the): open clusters and associations / techniques: photometry / interstellar medium: dust / interstellar medium: reflection nebulae / ultraviolet: general
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