Description:
R-band Extinction maps from Cambresy (1999) (ADS link). Star counts are from R-band images from the digitized POSS and ESO red plates. In the image to the left, the contour is a A_v = 5.

Contact Person: 
Jonathan Foster, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Telescope:
STScI Digitized Sky Survey

Status:
Finished

Sampling:
N/A

Areal Coverage:
83.4 Sq. degrees

Map Center (Galactic):
l = 353.7648 
b = +15.5785

Map Center (J2000):
RA = 16:32:47 
Dec = -24:46:16

Comments on Resolution:
This extinction map uses an adaptive grid, providing increased resolution in areas with a large number of stars.

Publications:
Laurent Cambresy, Mapping of the extinction in giant molecular clouds using optical star counts, 1999, A&A, 345, 965-976