Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-06-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
10 pages, Latex, 2 encapsulated Postscript figures, aipproc.sty macro, to appear in the Proceedings of the Conference `The Ult
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.53764
The effects of dust opacity on the radiation of nearby and distant galaxies are reviewed. The geometrical distribution of the dust inside the galaxy plays a fundamental role in determining the wavelength dependence of the obscuration and the opacity of the galaxy. In the local Universe, late Hubble type galaxies appear to contain enough dust that corrections for the effect of obscuration become important. This is true expecially at blue and UV wavelengths, i.e. in the wavelength range of interest for studies of massive stars and star formation processes. Multiwavelength observations provide a powerful tool for characterizing the reddening caused by dust. A `recipe' is given for removing the dust reddening and recovering the UV and optical light in star-forming galaxies.
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