Windows in the Milky Way

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Dec 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991stin...9220146w&link_type=abstract

Final Report, 15 Oct. 1990 - 14 Dec. 1991 StarStuff, Inc., Greenbelt, MD.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Cosmic Dust, Emission Spectra, Interstellar Radiation, Milky Way Galaxy, Transparence, Windows (Intervals), Carbon Monoxide, Data Bases, Infrared Astronomy, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Radiation Distribution

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The objectives were twofold: (1) to study the IRAS emission levels in the vicinity of Baade's Window and in other optically transparent regions near the Galactic Center; and (2) to study the IRAS emission levels along sightlines in the Milky Way that exhibit very little CO emission. Tests were attempted to see whether the optically transparent 'windows' near the Galactic center can be identified (as FIR-weak regions) in the IRAS data base; and if so, whether the CO weak regions found elsewhere in the Milky Way represent similarly FIR weak and thus optically transparent sightlines through the Galaxy. The CO weak regions were also targeted in an effort to study the diffuse intercloud dust and its warming by the interstellar radiation field.

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