An UV survey of the galactic plane

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy

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Galactic Structure, Interstellar Matter, Milky Way Galaxy, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Interstellar Extinction, Photographic Plates, Spatial Distribution

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The present paper is the introduction to a systematic analysis of 123 6-degree fields near the galactic plane, recorded in the medium ultraviolet (λ ≈ 2000 Å) by the balloon-borne experiment SCAP 2000 of the Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale, Marseille, and Geneva Observatory. The available data are presented and the general properties of the images are briefly discussed. It is shown that the high selectivity of the UV passband regarding spectral type, together with the strong interstellar extinction at that wavelength, provide the necessary conditions for an efficient application of Wolf's method to study the distribution of interstellar matter in the solar neighbourhood. The results of a fast analysis of the available data are presented here.

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