1998/02/24 by K. Z. Stanek, Stanek, K. Z. · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/9802307
submitted to the ApJ Letters, 8 pages, 4 figures
arxiv created 1998/02/24 · openalex publication_date 1998/02/24 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Recently Schlegel, Finkbeiner & Davis published an all-sky reddening map based on the COBE/DIRBE and IRAS/ISSA infrared sky surveys. Using the reddening map of Baade's Window and sample of 19 low-latitude (|b|<5°) Galactic globular clusters I find that the DIRBE/IRAS reddening map overestimates E(B-V) at low galactic latitudes by a factor of ∼ 1.35. I also demonstrate the usefulness of this high resolution map for selecting low-reddening windows near the Galactic plane.