Description:

R-band Extinction maps from Cambrˇsy (1999) (ADS link). Star counts are from R-band images from the digitized POSS and ESO red plates.

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

Telescope:
STScI Digitized Sky Survey

Status:
Finished

Sampling:
N/A

Areal Coverage:
191 Sq. degrees

Map Center (Galactic):
l = 26.7671 
b = +5.3921

Map Center (J2000):
RA = 18:20:58 
Dec = -02:59:53

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

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