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Jul 2001
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HST Proposal ID #9127
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Hst Proposal Id #9127 Ism And Circumstellar Matter
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We previously used HST to determine the UV extinction curve in M31. Our result in M31, together with other studies of the Magellanic Clouds and Milky Way, suggests that dust properties vary in different environments and from galaxy to galaxy. Thus average Galactic dust properties cannot be usefully employed to correct for dust effects in different galaxies. We propose to enlarge our sample by studying the UV extinction properties of dust in M33, sampling different galactocentric distances and levels of star formation activity. The extinction curves will be derived by comparing stars with the same spectral type, but different extinction amounts, in M33. This eliminates uncertainties in using standard stars from other galaxies, that may have different intrinsic spectra. For the targets we have U, B, V and UV photometry, and accurate spectral types from ground based spectra. UV extinction gives information on the properties of dust, which is an important tracer of global heavy element abundances. The steepness of the FUV extinction affects the ionisation and molecular chemistry of a galaxy. Knowledge of the extinction curve also allows accurate corrections of observed fluxes: ultimately, relating dust properties to global galaxy parameters will enable better extinction corrections in distant galaxies and AGN. We also request WFPC2 parallel imaging to continue our stellar population studies.
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