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2/10/20 1 ISM Extinction Curve Notice this is inverse wavelength à Or “wavenumber” Whittet – Dust in Galactic Environment 217.5 nm Effect of R V on Extinction Curve Notice this is inverse wavelength à Or wavenumber
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ISM Extinction Curve
Notice this is inverse wavelength àOr “wavenumber”
Whittet – Dust in Galactic Environment
217.5 nm
Effect of RV on Extinction Curve
Notice this is inverse wavelength àOr wavenumber
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Typical Al Table
Adapted from Rieke & Lebofsky 1986
Column Density vs. E(B-V) Relation
Rachford et al. 2009
(5.94 +/- 0.37) X 1021 atoms cm-2 mag-1
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Infrared Extinction Curve
Notice we’ve switched back to àjust wavelength
Falls off like a power-law tpfar-IR/radio
Extinction Mapping : Using background star color excesses to measure Al