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An Automated Method of General Star Counts For Dark Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

H. Ohtani*
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, The University of Manchester, England

Abstract

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An automated method of general star counts has been developed for the purpose of deriving the distributions of extinction of large dark clouds. The result of the application to the Southern Coalsack is given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1984

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