======================================================================== G C N E W S * Newsflash * - The Newsletter for Galactic Center Research - gcnews@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de http://www.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/gcnews ======================================================================== Vol. 10, No. 14 Sep 1, 1999 Recently submitted papers: -------------------------- Email : shashi@prl.ernet.in Title : Interstellar extinction towards the inner Galactic Bulge Author(s): M. Schultheis(1), S. Ganesh(1,2), G. Simon(3), A. Omont(1), C. Alard(3,1), J. Borsenberger(1), E. Copet(4,1), N. Epchtein(6), P. Fouqu\'e(5), H. Habing (7) Institute: (1) Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, CNRS, 98bis Bd Arago, F-75014 Paris (2) Physical Research Laboratory, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, India (3) DASGAL CNRS UMR 8633, Observatoire de Paris, France (4) DESPA CNRS-UMR 8632, Observatoire de Paris, France (5) ESO, Santiago, Chile (6) O.C.A., Nice, France (7) Leiden Observatory, Leiden, The Netherlands Paper : accepted for A&A Letters Weblink : http://www-denis.iap.fr/articles/extinction (includes a nice color map of the inner Galaxy [the editors]) EPrint : astro-ph/9908349 Abstract: DENIS observations in the J (1.25 micron ) and K_S (2.15 micron) bands together with isochrones calculated for the RGB and AGB phase are used to draw an extinction map of the inner Galactic Bulge. The uncertainty in this method is mainly limited by the optical depth of the Bulge itself. A comparison with fields of known extinction shows a very good agreement. We present an extinction map for the inner Galactic Bulge (~ 20 deg^2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Older versions of the Newsflash can be found at the gcnews web-page) ======================================================================== Edited by Angela Cotera Heino Falcke (cotera@ipac.caltech.edu) (hfalcke@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For Abstract submission please send the (La)Tex file of your paper to gcnews@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de ========================================================================