The Zero Point of Extinction toward Baade's Window from RR Lyrae Stars Journal Articles uri icon

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abstract

  • We measure the zero point of the Stanek (1996) extinction map by comparing the observed (V-K) colors of 20 RR Lyrae stars (type ab) found in the MACHO survey with their intrinsic (V-K)_0 colors as a function of period as determined from nearby RR Lyrae stars. We find that the zero point of the Stanek map should be changed by \Delta A_V = -0.11 +/- 0.05 mag, in excellent agreement with the recent measurement of Gould, Popowski & Terndrup (1997) using K giants.

authors

  • Alcock, C
  • Allsman, RA
  • Alves, DR
  • Axelrod, TS
  • Becker, AC
  • Bennett, DP
  • Cook, KH
  • Freeman, KC
  • Griest, K
  • Gould, A
  • Guern, JA
  • Lehner, MJ
  • Marshall, SL
  • Minniti, D
  • Peterson, BA
  • Popowski, P
  • Pratt, MR
  • Quinn, PJ
  • Rodgers, AW
  • Stubbs, CW
  • Sutherland, W
  • Vandehei, T
  • Welch, Douglas L

publication date

  • February 10, 1998