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Robert A. Gutermuth

Extinction

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An Anomalous Extinction Law In The Cep Ob3b Young Cluster: Evidence For Dust Processing During Gas Dispersal, Thomas S. Allen, Jakub J. Prchlik, Thomas S. Mageath, R. A. Gutermuth, Judith L. Pipher, Tim Naylor, R.D. Jeffries Jan 2014

An Anomalous Extinction Law In The Cep Ob3b Young Cluster: Evidence For Dust Processing During Gas Dispersal, Thomas S. Allen, Jakub J. Prchlik, Thomas S. Mageath, R. A. Gutermuth, Judith L. Pipher, Tim Naylor, R.D. Jeffries

Robert A. Gutermuth

We determine the extinction law through Cep OB3b, a young cluster of 3000 stars undergoing gas dispersal. The extinction is measured toward 76 background K giants identified with MMT/Hectospec spectra. Color excess ratios were determined toward each of the giants using V and R photometry from the literature, g, r, i, and z photometry from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and J, H, and Ks photometry from the Two Micron All Sky Survey. These color excess ratios were then used to construct the extinction law through the dusty material associated with Cep OB3b. The extinction law through Cep OB3b is …