Interstellar extinction and galactic structure

dc.contributor.author	Pandey, A. K.
dc.contributor.author	Mahra, H. S.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-02-24T05:04:34Z
dc.date.available	2010-02-24T05:04:34Z
dc.date.issued	1987
dc.identifier.citation	This article is downloaded for ADS	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/570
dc.description.abstract	Colour excesses and photometric distances of open clusters compiled by Janes & Adler and Lunga have been used to study the distribution of interstellar matter within a few kiloparsecs of the Sun. IN general the reddening material is highly concentrated near the galactic plane. It is found that the plane defined by the distribution of interstellar matter is inclined to the formal galactic plane by an angle of 0.°8±0.°2 and show a maximum upward tilt towards l~60°. The scale height of the reddening material is found to be 0.16±0.02 kpc. Based on the distribution of whole interstellar matter, the Sun is found to be situated at a distance of about 10 pc above the galactic plane of symmetry defined by the reddening material, while from a subsample in the direction of maximum tilt this figure to be 3±4 pc.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	mn226-635
dc.subject	Interstellar extinction - galactic structure	en_US
dc.title	Interstellar extinction and galactic structure	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US