Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011aas...21725002b&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #217, #250.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, 2011
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Multi-wavelength data can be used to provide information on the interstellar medium of galaxies, as well as on their stellar populations. We use the Ohio State University Bright Spiral Galaxy Survey (OSBSGS) to investigate the distribution and properties of the interstellar medium in a set of nearby galaxies. The OSBSGS consists of B, V, R, J, H and K band images for a over 200 nearby spiral galaxies. These data allow us to probe the dust temperatures and distribution using color maps. When combined with a pixel based analysis, it may be possible to tease out, perhaps better constraining, the heating mechanism for the ISM, as well as constrain dust models. In this paper we will discuss our progress in understanding, in particular, the properties of dust in nearby galaxies.
Melissa Butner was a participant in the STScI Summer Student Program supported by the STScI Director's Discretionary Research Fund. MB also acknowledges support and computer cluster access via NSF grant 07-22890.
Butner Melissa
Conti Alberto
Deustua Susana E.
Smtih J.
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