J/PAZh/34/278 Distances and extinction of Galactic novae (Burlak, 2008)
Determining the interstellar extinction and distances for Galactic novae.
Burlak M.A.
<Pis'ma Astron. Zh. 34, 278 (2008)>
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ADC_Keywords: Novae
Keywords: novae - interstellar extinction - distances
Abstract:
Using photometric data for Galactic novae, we compared the Sharov
(1963AZh....40..900S 1963AZh....40..900S) and Schlegel et al. (1998ApJ...500..525S 1998ApJ...500..525S)
interstellar extinction maps. We found the distances and extinctions
for 64 novae.
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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table.dat 47 64 Differences between the distances and extinctions
determined from the Sharov (1963AZh....40..900S 1963AZh....40..900S)
and Schlegel et al. (1998ApJ...500..525S 1998ApJ...500..525S) maps
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See also:
J/PAZh/34/270 : Photometric parameters of Galactic novae (Burlak+, 2008)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 10 A10 --- Nova Object name
11- 16 F6.2 deg GLAT Galactic latitude
18- 21 F4.1 --- MOD Apparent distance modulus
23- 28 I6 pc r1 Distance from Sharov (1963AZh....40..900S 1963AZh....40..900S)
30- 33 F4.2 mag AV1 Extinction from Sharov (1963AZh....40..900S 1963AZh....40..900S)
34- 41 E8.7 pc r2 Distance from Schelgel (1998ApJ...500..525S 1998ApJ...500..525S)
43- 47 F5.2 mag AV2 Extinction from Schelgel (1998ApJ...500..525S 1998ApJ...500..525S)
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 16-Sep-2008